From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 16 16:32:42 2004 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 BE18B16A4CE for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 16:32:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from oahu.WURLDLINK.NET (oahu.wurldlink.net [66.193.144.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AD5C43D1F for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 16:32:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET) Received: from oahu.WURLDLINK.NET (vince@localhost.WURLDLINK.NET [127.0.0.1]) by oahu.WURLDLINK.NET (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i1H0WBqQ097261 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 14:32:26 -1000 (HST) Received: from localhost (vince@localhost)i1H0WBAL097258 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 14:32:11 -1000 (HST) Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 14:32:11 -1000 (HST) From: Vincent Poy To: current@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20031116051028.GA30485@roark.gnf.org> Message-ID: <20040216143020.M8264-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:32:42 -0000 Hello everyone: I'm still using a Pre-November 15, 2003 -CURRENT and had a question before I upgrade. With this change, is /bin and /sbin still separate directories on new installs or are they linked directories? Do I have to delete the /bin, /sbin contents prior to the buildworld or will it just update itself? Thanks. Cheers, Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, 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