Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 12:42:42 +0400 (MSD) From: Juriy Goloveshkin <j@avias.com> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: static linked files in /usr/bin Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006121215520.5939-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20000611202732.B82436@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, David O'Brien wrote: > On Sun, Jun 11, 2000 at 09:00:34PM +0400, Juriy Goloveshkin wrote: > > Why a lot of files in /usr/bin(sbin) are static linked? > > for example, tar: static - 272832 bytes(83416 dynamic) > > IMO tar should live in /bin as it is used to restore a system from tape. > I don't know why ``dump'' is in /usr/sbin -- only restore should be > there. > > /usr/bin/tar is statically linked so it isn't depended on /usr/lib/ which > may be terribly broken (and thus why you are doing a restore). but /usr/bin and /usr/lib usualy live at the same filesystem and if /usr/lib may be broken, what we may say about /usr/bin? I think utilities in /usr/... must be dynamicaly linked. btw, I compared the size of bin-tarballs in 2.8 and current distributions. I downloaded 2.8 by modem without spending SO many time... current minimal installation require to download 30-35Mb! maybe RELEASE-bin* must be splited? say... configs,binaries and developer stuff(includes,gcc stuff, lib*.a, developer's manpages) Bye Juriy Goloveshkin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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