From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 16 06:45:32 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC22216A4CE for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 06:45:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from strongbadia.list.org (strongbadia.list.org [206.131.226.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E709343FBF for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 06:45:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rzigweid@zigweid.net) Received: from [10.50.0.25] (pool-162-84-80-35.culp.east.verizon.net [162.84.80.35]) by strongbadia.list.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25309130C44; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 09:42:14 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20031116051028.GA30485@roark.gnf.org> References: <20031116051028.GA30485@roark.gnf.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v606) Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Apple-Mail-3-492493859" Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Robert M.Zigweid Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 09:46:47 -0500 To: Gordon Tetlow X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.606) cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: /bin and /sbin are now dynamically linked X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 14:45:33 -0000 --Apple-Mail-3-492493859 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Nov 16, 2003, at 12:10 AM, Gordon Tetlow wrote: > I just committed a patch to change /bin and /sbin from statically to > dynamically linked. If you don't like the idea of using a dynamically > linked /bin and /sbin, now is the time to define NO_DYNAMICROOT in your > make.conf. > > The reasons for doing so have been hashed over lots of times. But the > short of it: > > 1) Much smaller /bin and /sbin. On i386, /bin and /sbin are 33 MB > static. > Dynamically linked, they are only 4 MB. > 2) Proper support for NSS. This will finally allow you to use NSS > modules > and get things like usernames in ls -l working for modules that are > dynamically loaded. > > -gordon I'll admit to being mostly a lurker here, but isn't the point of /sbin to be statically linked. That's what the 's' stands for? Second question. This seems to imply that /sbin and /bin both have to have the same behavior? I have no problem with /bin being dynamically linked, but what if I want /bin to be dynamic and /sbin static? Regards, Robert M. Zigweid --Apple-Mail-3-492493859 content-type: application/pgp-signature; x-mac-type=70674453; name=PGP.sig content-disposition: inline content-transfer-encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0.3 iQA/AwUBP7eN2wZqWA0nw+UhEQLKkgCdGka6CbrPwyHOEuqj28n+SOXIP8IAoO7i WO5z7u0pGdfv8Img2wF+PTHW =JQyX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail-3-492493859--