Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 22:06:15 -0500 (CDT) From: Mark Hittinger <bugs@pu.net> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: re: Legacy Static Linking (was: Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-02:28.resolv) Message-ID: <200206270306.g5R36FYK000640@ns1.pu.net>
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> Roger Marquis wrote: > The track record of Unix and non-Unix operating > systems which no longer ship with statically linked binaries is > evidence they are no longer necessary. But it sure is handy to have some staticly linked binaries laying around in case you ruin your own /usr/lib. It has been known to happen! I keep statics of chflags, ed, fsck, fsdb, ls, mount, sh, tar, and umount in /ohno so that I can dig myself out. This is particularly important when trying to keep up with -current. For awhile there it was happening at least once every two weeks. Maybe -stable could go 100% dynamic but a few of us would go out of our way to keep some important tools staticly linked. Later Mark Hittinger bugs@pu.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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