Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 17:59:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Tai Hsu <hsut@FSL.ORST.EDU> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: Jim Durham <durham@durham.lcs.mit.edu>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NOSHARED Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960909175910.9613F-100000@vaccinium.FSL.ORST.EDU> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.95.960909202349.1508B-100000@modem.eng.umd.edu>
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How can I unsubscribe this e-mail FAQ? Thanks, Tai On Mon, 9 Sep 1996, Chuck Robey wrote: > On Mon, 9 Sep 1996, Jim Durham wrote: > > > I replied to this to another person and neglected to cc: hackers. > > So, let me explain. > > > > I was compiling a hacked copy of slattach.c. I noticed the binary > > was huge and figured out that it was being linked statically. > > > > Being of a curious mind, I decided to investigate and found the > > place in bsd.prog.mk where it was tested to control whether or not > > shared libs are used. > > > > What bothered me at that point was why the original binary was linked > > to use shared libs and the /usr/src/sbin/slattach directory's Makefile > > caused slattach to be statically linked when I made it? If the binary that > > came with the dist was dynamically linked, why was my new compile static? > > > > I then went looking for where NOSHARED was set. I figured it had > > to be in /usr/src/sbin/slattach's Makefile. No dice. I even looked at > > /usr/src and usr/src/sbin Makefiles. No dice. > > > > That is what prompted the question. Maybe it's because the distribution > > was trimmed by picking and choosing what binaries to make dynamic to save > > space in the distribution and the source tree just makes them all static > > to simplify things? > > > > If so, my question remains.. where the heck is it set to YES or TRUE? > > Just curious.. > > Makefile.inc in sbin. Causes all the binaries in sbin to be statically > compiled, but I went into that in the previous mail. > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data > chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. > 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | > Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD > (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > >
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