Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:38:03 +0100 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> Cc: toolchain@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Un-staticise the toolchain Message-ID: <5BCE2E77-2B45-43B7-AB1F-6E6C13B87B34@gid.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20120426093548.GR2358@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> References: <20120426093548.GR2358@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, On 26 Apr 2012, at 10:35, Konstantin Belousov wrote: > I think it is time to stop building the toolchain static. I was told = that > original reasoning for static linking was the fear of loosing the = ability > to recompile if some problem appears with rtld and any required = dynamic > library. Apparently, current dependencies are much more spread, e.g. = /bin/sh > is dynamically linked [etc] That seems like a bad mistake, because it would prevent even booting = single-user if rtld/libraries are broken. - -- Bob Bishop rb@gid.co.uk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (Darwin) iD8DBQFPmTOivMaT6aS3xb8RAi1NAJ4gyvwPgdqtZjAERJ0grBsZYo5xBQCgikdo P4LXwI1rAbA23+29XWVV8w4=3D =3Di8e3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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