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From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
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Subject: Re: Making a dynamically-linked root
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Gordon Tetlow <gordont@gnf.org> writes:
> On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 10:21:16PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> > Was /bin/sh dynamically linked?  It shouldn't be.
> Why shouldn't it be dynamically linked? I'd like to be able to use
> ~username expansion via nss_ldap.

Because forking a dynamically linked binary is slower, and /bin/sh
forks a lot.

DES
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