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Date:      Sun, 17 Aug 2003 22:29:58 +0200
From:      "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@sitetronics.com>
To:        "'Gordon Tetlow'" <gordont@gnf.org>, <current@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   RE: HEADS UP: dynamic root support now in the tree
Message-ID:  <001001c364fe$550d4670$9f8d2ed5@internal>
In-Reply-To: <20030817202553.GW4672@roark.gnf.org>

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Hey,

Just signed up for this list; so I just read the archive -- my question is:
Will this be default when it's stable?

Kind regards,

Devon

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
> current@freebsd.org] Namens Gordon Tetlow
> Verzonden: Sunday, August 17, 2003 10:26 PM
> Aan: current@FreeBSD.org
> Onderwerp: Re: HEADS UP: dynamic root support now in the tree
> 
> On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 01:54:38AM -0700, Gordon Tetlow wrote:
> > I just got through with my commit spree to enable users to build /bin
> > and /sbin dynamically linked. To do this required a fair amount of
> > tweaking and moving around libraries and such dangerous equipment as
> > rtld-elf. If you have any systems that you are dearly in love with,
> > now is not the time to cvsup. Please wait until any potential issues
> > are shaken out of the tree. I've done as much testing as I can, but
> > as experience has shown me, there are likely to be issues.
> 
> Just to clear everything up. A dynamically-linked /sbin and /bin is
> still not the default. In order to build a dynamically-linked /sbin
> and /bin requires you to define WITH_DYNAMICROOT. Sorry for the
> confusion.
> 
> -gordon



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