From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 26 08:16:44 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 675C516A4CE for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 08:16:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from praetor.linc-it.com (adsl-068-157-070-217.sip.jan.bellsouth.net [68.157.70.217]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38E4F43FB1 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 08:16:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fullermd@over-yonder.net) Received: from mortis.over-yonder.net (adsl-19-162-175.jan.bellsouth.net [68.19.162.175]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by praetor.linc-it.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADD901521C; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 10:16:39 -0600 (CST) Received: by mortis.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id 8CC1F20F2D; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 10:16:37 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 10:16:37 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Garance A Drosihn Message-ID: <20031126161637.GO12248@over-yonder.net> References: <20031123012222.GB11523@dragon.nuxi.com> <20031123042635.GB677@saboteur.dek.spc.org> <3FC16644.7070005@acm.org> <20031124114006.GA60761@dragon.nuxi.com> <20031124210748.GG15294@wombat.localnet> <20031124224144.GC67578@dragon.nuxi.com> <20031125160934.GH12248@over-yonder.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i-fullermd.1 X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: Tim Kientzle Subject: Re: HEADS UP: /bin and /sbin are now dynamically linked X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:16:44 -0000 On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 01:41:53PM -0500 I heard the voice of Garance A Drosihn, and lo! it spake thus: > > It is a bit more complicated than that, because programs may > include embedded references to other files. So, I think > some developer would *have* to do a little up-front work for > any program that would be optionally-added to /rescue. Oh, sure; nothing's ever as easy as it should be :) The advantage of this method is it's simple, cheap, automatic, and lets us say "You can try setting ADDITIONAL_RESCUE=usr.sbin/foo in make.conf and it may work", without putting extra burden on developers or people who don't wanna. It may only be a fifth of a loaf, but... -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"