From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 2 14:19:50 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A94F716A4CE for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 14:19:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from pimout3-ext.prodigy.net (pimout3-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.63.102]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E98BD43FE3 for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 14:19:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bob@immure.com) Received: from maul.immure.com (adsl-66-136-206-1.dsl.austtx.swbell.net [66.136.206.1])hB2MJgxR187160; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:19:42 -0500 Received: (from root@localhost) by maul.immure.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) id hB2MJgcV068250; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 16:19:42 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from bob@immure.com) Received: from luke.immure.com (luke.immure.com [10.1.132.3]) by maul.immure.com (8.12.10/8.12.3) with ESMTP id hB2MJejY068225; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 16:19:40 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from bob@immure.com) Received: from luke.immure.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by luke.immure.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hB2MJe9R042298; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 16:19:40 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from bob@luke.immure.com) Received: (from bob@localhost) by luke.immure.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hB2MJei4042297; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 16:19:40 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from bob) Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 16:19:40 -0600 From: Bob Willcox To: Tim Kientzle Message-ID: <20031202221940.GF38911@luke.immure.com> References: <200311250106.hAP16qNp018512@realtime.exit.com> <200311251212.59933.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <3FCCF094.5040006@tcoip.com.br> <3FCD0774.60807@acm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3FCD0774.60807@acm.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-scanner: scanned by Inflex 1.0.12.3 on maul.immure.com cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: Andrew Gallatin Subject: Re: 40% slowdown with dynamic /bin/sh X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Bob Willcox List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 22:19:50 -0000 On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 01:43:16PM -0800, Tim Kientzle wrote: > Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > >Now, my machines usually get by themselves, but all *I* do on them is > >sh(1) intensive, so I'll probably be using the static root option when > >it comes time to upgrade them to 5.x. > > The static root option exists for people with special requirements: > * Use a lot of shell scripts > * Have very high performance requirements for those scripts > * Does not use LDAP, NIS, or other networked directory services > (I want to move NIS out of libc. Its privileged position > relative to LDAP and other services is rather dated.) What impact, if any, will this have on those of us that use NIS and still want a statically linked root? I have been using NIS for years and see no compelling reason to switch to LDAP (i.e., NIS satisfies my needs, is configured, and working). Bob -- Bob Willcox First Law of Procrastination: bob@immure.com Procrastination shortens the job and places the Austin, TX responsibility for its termination on someone else (i.e., the authority who imposed the deadline).