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Date:      Thu, 27 Jun 2002 00:57:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com>
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Legacy Static Linking (was: Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-02:28.resolv)
Message-ID:  <20020627005639.O42503-100000@master.gorean.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020626183519.F36946-100000@roble.com>

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On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Roger Marquis wrote:

> This makes a good case for doing away with static linking of system
> binaries.

I think you've got some good answers to this already, but I'd like to add
that static /bin and /sbin are also useful for diskless booting. I don't
think that they will go away any time soon. :)


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