Hi,

> For example, what command(s) could I use to verify how the dhclient binary was
> linked?

Try:

ldd `which dhclient`

I have noticed that on my two 1.6.1 boxes its statically linked but on my
current box it's dynamically linked.


Best Regards,
Patrick Mackey

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On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, henry nelson wrote:

     Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 13:10:39 +0900
     From: henry nelson <netb@irm.nara.kindai.ac.jp>
     To: netbsd-users@NetBSD.org
     Subject: Re: can't get dhclient to start during boot

     On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 10:39:58PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
     > On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 09:47:08AM +0900, henry nelson wrote:
     > > I replaced /sbin/dhclient with the latest from ISC, but now it fails to
     > > start up during boot.  It dies with the message: '/sbin/dhclient: 1:
     > > Syntax error: "(" unexpected'.  Works fine from the command line after
     > > boot-up has finished.
     >
     > Maybe it's started before /usr is mounted, and so needs to be statically
     > linked ?

     I saw this kind of response (static vs shared) when I ran a google search
     on the error message.  I looked at the Makefile for dhclient, and I couldn't
     see anywhere that it isn't linked statically, i.e., I think it IS statically
     linked.

     Maybe the gurus can give me some ideas on how to debug this problem.  For
     example, what command(s) could I use to verify how the dhclient binary was
     linked?  If it does happen to be linked to shared libraries, how should I
     go about modifying the Makefile so that it will be statically linked?
     (The configure script doesn't take any arguments except machine type.)

     Is there some way I can boot up step-by-step so I can discover exactly
     what script this message is emanating from?

     One more thing I'm unsure about is my partitioning of the disk.  I have
     /var on a separate slice from /.  This worked fine in 1.5.2, but maybe
     something is different in 1.6.1?  I do have /var listed in mount_critical
     _local.

     Anyway, thanks for any help.

     henry nelson