Hi, On 28 Apr 2012, at 04:12, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 12:38:03PM +0100, Bob Bishop wrote: >>> Apparently, current dependencies are much more spread, e.g. /bin/sh >>> is dynamically linked [etc] >> >> That seems like a bad mistake, because it would prevent even booting >> single-user if rtld/libraries are broken. > > When one enters single user they are prompted for which shell to use. > If /bin/sh is broken due to being dynamic, '/rescue/sh' will likely still > work. Yes. You to have a statically linked /rescue/sh on board, so what's the point of /bin/sh being dynamic? The memory footprint really isn't an issue, and for my money the default shell ought to be bombproof. -- Bob Bishop r...@gid.co.uk _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
