Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 09:46:47 -0500 From: Robert M.Zigweid <rzigweid@zigweid.net> To: Gordon Tetlow <gordont@gnf.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: /bin and /sbin are now dynamically linked Message-ID: <B40D24A3-1843-11D8-ACF8-00039310484E@zigweid.net> In-Reply-To: <20031116051028.GA30485@roark.gnf.org> References: <20031116051028.GA30485@roark.gnf.org>
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--Apple-Mail-3-492493859 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Nov 16, 2003, at 12:10 AM, Gordon Tetlow wrote: > I just committed a patch to change /bin and /sbin from statically to > dynamically linked. If you don't like the idea of using a dynamically > linked /bin and /sbin, now is the time to define NO_DYNAMICROOT in your > make.conf. > > The reasons for doing so have been hashed over lots of times. But the > short of it: > > 1) Much smaller /bin and /sbin. On i386, /bin and /sbin are 33 MB > static. > Dynamically linked, they are only 4 MB. > 2) Proper support for NSS. This will finally allow you to use NSS > modules > and get things like usernames in ls -l working for modules that are > dynamically loaded. > > -gordon I'll admit to being mostly a lurker here, but isn't the point of /sbin to be statically linked. That's what the 's' stands for? Second question. This seems to imply that /sbin and /bin both have to have the same behavior? I have no problem with /bin being dynamically linked, but what if I want /bin to be dynamic and /sbin static? Regards, Robert M. Zigweid --Apple-Mail-3-492493859 content-type: application/pgp-signature; x-mac-type=70674453; name=PGP.sig content-disposition: inline content-transfer-encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0.3 iQA/AwUBP7eN2wZqWA0nw+UhEQLKkgCdGka6CbrPwyHOEuqj28n+SOXIP8IAoO7i WO5z7u0pGdfv8Img2wF+PTHW =JQyX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail-3-492493859--
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