Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 10:37:55 +0100 From: Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com> To: Gordon Tetlow <gordon@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/devd Makefile Message-ID: <1061285875.8010.63.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200308170840.h7H8endW060225@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200308170840.h7H8endW060225@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 09:40, Gordon Tetlow wrote: > gordon 2003/08/17 01:40:49 PDT > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > sbin/devd Makefile > Log: > At imp's request, force devd to be statically compiled. This avoids the > need for libstdc++ in /lib, and the generated binary is actually smaller > statically linked than dynamically + sizeof(libstdc++). Additionally, > devd doesn't use get*by*() which is one of the main motivations for > dynamically linking your root partition anyway. How many binaries actually use get*by*? Wouldn't it be a little more sensible to just make those dynamic and leave the rest static? Would we even need /rescue then? We could just have static versions of the dynamic binaries as well. Paul.
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