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From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] Un-staticise the toolchain
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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.

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-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)