> 
> Of course there's another cost nobody has mentioned here.  Having all
> of /bin and /sbin statically linked means that upgrading libc -- e.g.
> to fix a bug or deficiency in glob(3) or fts(3) -- requires relinking
> all of those program.  Which means compiling them all from source.

what bug are you talking about?

could it make dump does not work right (like on my machine)?
where's the patch?