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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