Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 00:31:03 -0400 From: Chris BeHanna <chris@pennasoft.com> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Going Dynamic (Was: HEADS UP: new NSS) Message-ID: <200304190031.03101.chris@pennasoft.com> In-Reply-To: <3EA0A4E3.6090801@acm.org> References: <20030417141133.GA4155@madman.celabo.org> <20030417221622.GA18079@gattaca.yadt.co.uk> <3EA0A4E3.6090801@acm.org>
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On Friday 18 April 2003 21:22, Tim Kientzle wrote: > David Taylor wrote: > > Hmm, but if /sbin/mount_ufs (say) is dynamically linked, and the > > libraries are still in /usr, how do you mount /usr? > > That's why certain critical shared libs > (e.g., libc.so) need to be moved to /lib. > > >>As I said, I've already done a chunk of work > >>for this. If someone would like to help finish... > > > > If there's a list of tasks that need to be done, I'd be willing to see > > what I can do (although I'm going back to uni next week)... > > Here are the remaining tasks that I know of: > > 1) Create /lib, move shared libraries. > > This involves working on bsd.lib.mk and a few related > pieces so that certain libraries get installed > differently: > * shared lib into /lib > * compatibility symlinks from /usr/lib -> /lib > * static lib into /usr/lib > > Here's a list of libraries that I believe need to > be moved: > > libc libcrypt libedit libkvm libl libm libtermcap > libutil libalias libatm libcam libcurses libdevstat > libipsec libipx libmd libncp libreadline libsbuf libsmb > libufs libz 1a) Compute the minimum required size of / and document it someplace. :-) -- Chris BeHanna http://www.pennasoft.com Principal Consultant PennaSoft Corporation chris@pennasoft.com
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