Subject: Re: linking and unlinking
To: Nigel Reed <nigel@nelgin.nu>
From: Ask Dr. Stupid <greywolf@starwolf.com>
List: current-users
Date: 03/15/1999 23:27:39
Nathan J. Williams sez:
/*
 * 	All of /sbin and /bin in NetBSD is staticly linked, so
 * fiddling with ld.so or the location of libraries won't break them -
 * and that covers quite a range of basic tools, including ln.

Heh.  SunOS was stupid enough to rely on /dev/zero for creating blank
pages for ld.so and then making /etc/mknod dynamically linked.  What
genius thought of THAT one?

 * 
 * 	- Nathan
 */





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