Subject: Re: HEADS UP: migration to fully dynamic linked "base" system
To: Luke Mewburn <lukem@wasabisystems.com>
From: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
List: current-users
Date: 08/26/2002 15:41:10
>On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 04:20:39PM +1000, Luke Mewburn wrote:
>  |     +	Reduction in disk space usage in `/'.
>  | 	On a 1.6_BETA3/i386 system:
>  | 		5660    /bin
>  | 		10322   /sbin
>  | 		15982   total
>  | 
>  | 	On a fully dynamic i386 system:
>  | 		1506    /bin
>  | 		1702    /sbin
>  | 		1206    /lib
>  | 		4804    /rescue
>  | 		9218    total
>  | 	(The rescue tools are not strictly necessary, but they are
>  | 	recommended and included here to show that even with them,
>  | 	there is still a disk space saving).

	since shlib with older major/minor version will stay in /lib,
	requirement for / partition in a long run will be more severe than
	now.  i'm not too sure if it is a good change.

itojun