I just committed a patch to change /bin and /sbin from statically to dynamically linked. If you don't like the idea of using a dynamically linked /bin and /sbin, now is the time to define NO_DYNAMICROOT in your make.conf.
The reasons for doing so have been hashed over lots of times. But the short of it: 1) Much smaller /bin and /sbin. On i386, /bin and /sbin are 33 MB static. Dynamically linked, they are only 4 MB. 2) Proper support for NSS. This will finally allow you to use NSS modules and get things like usernames in ls -l working for modules that are dynamically loaded. -gordon
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