Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > John> Anyway, I think the current situation is largely fine, although > John> I am still dismayed by the lack of statically-linked binaries > John> in /sbin. > > If I recall corectly, the argument went that we had a rescue > disk, so we did not needto bloat / with bigger binaries. I note this > argument has weaknesses, in that one may not always have a rescue > disk handly, or one may need static binaries for remote work; > however, with sash statically linked, I am more or less satisfied > with the state of things.
sash covers most of it, with the notable and important exception of fsck, fdisk, and, on i386 platforms, lilo. -- John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.complete.org Sr. Software Developer, Progeny Linux Systems, Inc. www.progenylinux.com #include <std_disclaimer.h> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
