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Date:      Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:12:12 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To:        Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk>
Cc:        toolchain@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [RFC] Un-staticise the toolchain
Message-ID:  <20120428031212.GE80419@dragon.NUXI.org>
In-Reply-To: <5BCE2E77-2B45-43B7-AB1F-6E6C13B87B34@gid.co.uk>
References:  <20120426093548.GR2358@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <5BCE2E77-2B45-43B7-AB1F-6E6C13B87B34@gid.co.uk>

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On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 12:38:03PM +0100, Bob Bishop wrote:
> > Apparently, current dependencies are much more spread, e.g. /bin/sh
> > is dynamically linked [etc]
> 
> That seems like a bad mistake, because it would prevent even booting
> single-user if rtld/libraries are broken.

When one enters single user they are prompted for which shell to use.
If /bin/sh is broken due to being dynamic, '/rescue/sh' will likely still
work.

-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)



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