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Date:      Mon, 17 Nov 2003 10:10:44 -0800
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        "Robert M.Zigweid" <rzigweid@zigweid.net>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP: /bin and /sbin are now dynamically linked
Message-ID:  <3FB90F24.A7A3A3A0@mindspring.com>
References:  <20031116051028.GA30485@roark.gnf.org> <B40D24A3-1843-11D8-ACF8-00039310484E@zigweid.net>

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"Robert M.Zigweid" wrote:
> 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?

Since sbin on System V predated shared libraries on System V,
I think maybe this is a reverse assignment of a meaning to the
's'.

-- Terry



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