Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:54:53 -0500 From: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unfortunate dynamic linking for everything Message-ID: <p06002030bbe08b5ce74d@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <200311190238.hAJ2c1b4096141@apollo.backplane.com> References: <200311182307.hAIN7Wpm000717@dyson.jdyson.com> <20031118182148.P35215@pooker.samsco.home> <200311190238.hAJ2c1b4096141@apollo.backplane.com>
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At 6:38 PM -0800 11/18/03, Matthew Dillon wrote: > > So you are talking about 1.5 MBytes less bandwidth, > which is nothing compared to the cost of doing a full > install over the net. Yah, yah, /sbin too... but you > get the idea. Many freebsd users (me for one) are still living on a modem, where even one bump of 1.5 meg is a significant issue... Remember that the issue we're talking about is security updates, not full system upgrades. "Everyone" would want the security updates, even if they're on a slow link. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu
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