Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 06:27:31 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unfortunate dynamic linking for everything Message-ID: <20031120061110.P8759@gamplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <20031119172533.GB9066@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> References: <200311182307.hAIN7Wpm000717@dyson.jdyson.com> <20031119141059.GA14308@madman.celabo.org> <20031119142535.GA27610@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> <20031119172533.GB9066@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > set init_path=/rescue/init If dynamic root were ready to be turned on, then /rescue/init would be in the default init_path. > A dynamicly linked /sbin/init just > makes it harder to get to the rescue bits, so it makes sense to > link init(8) staticly. Especially since there's no advantage to > dynamic linking init(8) that compensates for the inconvience. It obviously uses NSS. How else could it be so bloated? : $ ls -l /sbin/init -r-x------ 1 root wheel 453348 Nov 18 10:30 /sbin/init (My version is linked statically of course.) The NSS parts of init might not be needed in normal operation, but its hard to tell. Brucehome | help
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