Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 21:58:55 -0500 From: Marc Wiz <marc@wiz.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Necessary code or trash? Message-ID: <20030829025855.GB9624@freshaire.wiz.com> In-Reply-To: <20030828214314.GA37687@agora.rdrop.com> References: <1671561231.20280829005225@mail.ru> <20030828213345.GD80772@christabel.starbreaker.net> <20030828214314.GA37687@agora.rdrop.com>
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On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 02:43:14PM -0700, Alan Batie wrote: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 05:33:45PM -0400, Matthew Graybosch wrote: > > > rm - 410 268 bytes, > > > mv - 407 568 bytes, > > > date - 423 748 bytes. > > > > As others explained these commands and others are statically linked so that > > they do not depend on libraries that live in /usr. > > Once upon a time, libraries were constructed so that only the modules > you were actually using got included, even static ones. Or so I was given > to understand... Since libc is 1.2Meg, there still seems to be a little > bit of that going on, but sheesh! I remember that as well. I'd sure like to know why that changed. Marc -- Marc Wiz marc@wiz.com Yes, that really is my last name.
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