Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 20:52:33 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <dev-null@nuxi.com> To: Bill Vermillion <bv@wjv.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: /bin and /sbin are now dynamically linked Message-ID: <20031117045233.GA18657@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20031117043747.GB66773@wjv.com> References: <20031117042234.7A5FE16A547@hub.freebsd.org> <20031117043747.GB66773@wjv.com>
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On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 11:37:47PM -0500, Bill Vermillion wrote: > > > > 1) Much smaller /bin and /sbin. On i386, /bin and /sbin are 33 MB > > > > static. > > > > Dynamically linked, they are only 4 MB. > > I don't think saving that little space on the / partition is as > important as having everthing in sbin being able to stand alone no > matter what is corrupted. You seem to be late comming to this discussion. #2 in the original email was also a huge reason for this change. > On a non-FreeBSD system I had to recover, I had to physically take > the server from the colo to a place where I could pull the drive > to be able to run the recovery utitlities - as none of the dynamic > binariies worked. /rescue > > What was done to programs like /bin/sh, /sbin/init and /sbin/fsck to > > make them work without access to /usr/lib? > > And even if they are accessible >IF< the libraries become corrupted > then nothing will work. That's certainly not a 'fail-safe' > environment. Again you are late coming to this discussion -- "/resuce". > For those who don't build the OS but install from binaries, this > makes the system potentially less rugged. /rescue
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