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Date:      Tue, 02 Jul 2002 23:27:47 -0700
From:      Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org>
To:        W Gerald Hicks <gehixz@bellsouth.net>
Cc:        freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Guide to reducing FreeBSD (a.k.a miniBSD :)
Message-ID:  <3D229963.EF2B40B3@pantherdragon.org>
References:  <38E3A09A-8E42-11D6-BBF1-0030657B5F1E@bellsouth.net>

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W Gerald Hicks wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday, July 3, 2002, at 12:10 AM, Darren Pilgrim wrote:
> [snips]
> > As long as you realize that if a /bin or /sbin program can't run due
> > to missing/corrupt libraries that you may or may not be able to even
> > boot single-user.  At the very least, /bin/sh, /sbin/mount, /sbin/init,
> > and /sbin/fsck should be static builds.
> >
> 
> Libraries residing in a linked-in MD_ROOT_IMAGE are available whenever
> the kernel is
> but it still seems more space efficient for that small handful of
> critical files to be crunch-linked.

Those libraries can still get corrupted.  Using dynamic binaries adds
a point of failure.  It's not much more space taken for just those few
programs, so why increase the risk?

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