Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 13:06:11 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: /bin and /sbin are now dynamically linked Message-ID: <20031123210611.GA19390@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <p06002003bbe5c0f30237@[10.0.1.2]> References: <FPEBKMIFGFHCGLLKBLMMCEDCCDAA.ghelmer@palisadesys.com> <3FBE8D92.6080205@acm.org> <20031123012222.GB11523@dragon.nuxi.com> <p06002003bbe5c0f30237@[10.0.1.2]>
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On Sun, Nov 23, 2003 at 02:42:58AM +0100, Brad Knowles wrote: > At 5:22 PM -0800 2003/11/22, David O'Brien wrote: > > > Please, NO. There wasn't an FTP client available for this type of > > recovery pre-/rescue, there shouldn't be one now. > > Why? Why cut your nose off to spite your face? Even though this > capability may not have existed before, why shouldn't we have it now? Lets build all of /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin static then. You would have all kinds of capability you didn't before. /rescue is the consession made between those that want a dynamic / and those that want a static /. Its purpose is only to allow one to do the things they could before with a static /. It is not to become a can or worms that ends up being a duplicate of 50% of the system. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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