Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:40:18 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Cc: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/sleep sleep.c Message-ID: <20021115004017.GE50692@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0211141538440.44091-100000@root.org> References: <200211142257.gAEMvdxX071776@apollo.backplane.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0211141538440.44091-100000@root.org>
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* Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> [021114 15:42] wrote: > Please see earlier threads on hackers@ about bloat in libc and dynamic > linking of /[s]bin. Tim Kientzle submitted a patch that breaks exit's > dependency on malloc which saves space in the programs that don't > otherwise use malloc. > > I don't think a mini-libc is a good idea because bugfixes would need to be > duplicated or confusion about which one is being used for a program would > make debugging harder. I'd rather have the normal libc on /lib (modulo > some paring down of libc) and things dynamically linked. I'd like to see / dynamically linked with some form of /stand that gets updated in case of emergencies. When/who is going to do this already? :) -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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