Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 17:54:33 -0800 From: Gordon Tetlow <gordont@gnf.org> To: dyson@iquest.net Cc: imp@bsdimp.com Subject: Re: Unfortunate dynamic linking for everything Message-ID: <20031119015433.GN30485@roark.gnf.org> In-Reply-To: <200311190103.hAJ13Nlg000923@dyson.jdyson.com> References: <62981.24.0.61.35.1069202574.squirrel@mail.yazzy.org> <200311190103.hAJ13Nlg000923@dyson.jdyson.com>
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--Hjg+pC/5+IEur/Yc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 08:03:23PM -0500, dyson@iquest.net wrote: >=20 > However, PAM and NSS 'tricks' really seem to be exactly that, > and certainly worthy of special builds. However, that isn't > necessary, yet still not building everything with a shared > libc. Things like nss_ldap (which is used *heavily* at my place of employment) are some reasons that FreeBSD doesn't make it into more places. It was the reason why FreeBSD isn't being used here. Calling them 'tricks' (and succumbing to the name calling you wanted to avoid) doesn't change the fact that every major contender (IRIX, Solaris, Linux to name a few) all support this feature set. -gordon --Hjg+pC/5+IEur/Yc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/us1ZRu2t9DV9ZfsRAh3CAJ9Kzz6yr65aM+dWY53p8SZ5+Q6X6wCeIeTw 8LmEZp5OzgetkGt9AWwqmwU= =PD3F -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Hjg+pC/5+IEur/Yc--
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