Date: 26 Sep 1996 19:21:27 +0200 From: Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BLOAT in minimal programs Message-ID: <87ranpkx9k.fsf@plm.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: David Greenman's message of Wed, 25 Sep 1996 23:20:50 -0700 References: <87ohitp543.fsf@totally-fudged-out-message-id>
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>> On Wed, 25 Sep 1996 23:20:50 -0700, David Greenman <dg@root.com>
>> said:
DG> ...
>> THIS IS NOT MINIMAL!
>> I DID NOT WANT ALL THIS CRAP!
>> why oh why did I get malloc?
Then just link everything dynamically, also /sbin and /bin, except for
a few crucial programs. That is what I do.
I've never understood why the default is to link so much static. The
shared libraries behave very stable so it brings no risk to do it. In
case of a problem you can recover from the boot floppy.
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Peter Mutsaers | Abcoude (Utrecht), | Trust is a good quality
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