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Date:      Tue, 3 Jun 2003 19:29:18 +0700
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@nsu.ru>
To:        Mike Makonnen <mtm@identd.net>
Cc:        Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
Subject:   Re: Making a dynamically-linked root
Message-ID:  <20030603122918.GA53376@regency.nsu.ru>
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On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 08:22:25AM -0400, Mike Makonnen wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 07:57:21 -0400 (EDT)
> Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Ok, maybe a webserver is a bad example.  But you must admit that
> > /bin/sh is commonly used outside the startup scripts.
> 
> Yes, I agree. But...
> 
> So far I think the arguments against it are two-fold:
> 
> 1. Performance
> 2. What happens if I hose one of the libraries?
> 
> I think Gordon has already answered them adequately:
> 
> 1. If you don't want it, turn it off

Plus numerous people mentioned that they have local patches that yield
performance boost substantially enough (5 secs and more).

./danfe



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