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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!comp.vuw.ac.nz!news.eds.co.nz!liam From: liam@sweetums.lab.nz.eds.com (Liam Greenwood) Subject: dynamic-vs-static linked /bin etc (was: Re: TCP latency) X-Newsreader: slrn (0.8.8.4 (BETA) UNIX) Reply-To: Liam.Greenwood@nz.eds.com Sender: usenet@nz.eds.com (Usenet News Admin) Organization: EDS (New Zealand) Limited, Wellington, New Zealand Message-ID: <slrn4uthl2.ma1.liam@sweetums.lab.nz.eds.com> References: <4paedl$4bm@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> <31E106AF.41C67EA6@dyson.iquest.net> <4rvmtf$ven@linux.cs.Helsinki.FI> <31E3D9E2.41C67EA6@dyson.iquest.net> <4s5bl2$qpg@linux.cs.Helsinki.FI> <31E664EB.167EB0E7@inuxs.att.com> <4s67sk$oa9@fido.asd.sgi.com> <31E6B8AB.3E6C@indy.celebration.net> <4s7j2r$blf@fido.asd.sgi.com> <31E7BD6F.167EB0E7@dyson.iquest.net> <4s8sau$jsh@fido.asd.sgi.com> <31E80933.41C67EA6@dyson.iquest.net> <4saf55$dl5@verdi.nethelp.no> <87k9w6g6u4.fsf@localhost.xs4all.nl> <31E9D0CC.41C67EA6@dy X-Nntp-Posting-Host: sweetums.lab.nz.eds.com Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 23:18:07 GMT Lines: 20 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.networking:45732 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:23968 On Wed, 17 Jul 1996 20:28:58 GMT, Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > Yes, /bin/sh (a link from /bin/bash) is indeed dynamically linked. In > fact on any Linux installation I know everything in /sbin and /bin/is > dynamically linked. I stil think it is a waste of diskspace that this > isn't true for FreeBSD; there is no need to link these statically > as long as all shared libraries reside in /lib (on the root filesystem > too). > Well, I'm going to (next time I get some time - say year 2010 :-( make sure that _all_ the binaries I need to boot single user are statically linked. Currently with the distributions I've been using if you make a little mistake with shared libraries not only can you make your system unuseable but unbootable. Frankly I can afford the disk space easier than I can afford the risk. So if you see a distribution created by me.... Cheers, Liam