Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 21:51:48 +0100 From: "boyd, rounin" <boyd@insultant.net> To: <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Unfortunate dynamic linking for everything Message-ID: <050d01c3afa8$1dfb97a0$b9844051@insultant.net> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1031118233432.99345H-100000@fledge.watson.org><p06002033bbe0acb7b8c0@[128.113.24.47]> <2147483647.1069240727@[192.168.42.6]> <20031120095214.GA68334@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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From: "Peter Jeremy" <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> > >Shouldn't that be 'chmod +t /bin/sh' ??? > > Definitely. Why waste a new bit when there's already a perfectly good > one that is (or was) defined for the purpose. the 't' bit was known as the 'sticky' bit to keep frequently used, sharable (judged by a human) text segments in core. since then that bit has been overloaded to death. shared libraries have always been a mistake. one clear reason is that it caused a dichotomy of binaries; static vs dynamically linked. think about a dynamically linked init(8) ...
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