The following reply was made to PR lib/37473; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
To: "gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org" <gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org>
Cc: "ad@NetBSD.org" <ad@NetBSD.org>,
	"toolchain-manager@netbsd.org" <toolchain-manager@netbsd.org>,
	"netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org" <netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org>,
	"gnats-admin@netbsd.org" <gnats-admin@netbsd.org>,
	"joerg@netbsd.org" <joerg@netbsd.org>,
	"jmcneill@invisible.ca" <jmcneill@invisible.ca>
Subject: Re: lib/37473 (Statically linked executables are much larger in -current)
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 09:31:43 -0800

 And we know for a fact that's the problem?  A link map would be useful.
 
 Of course, it's not clear that we should care that much about this  
 problem.  IMO, we should de-support statically-linked binaries (and  
 make the .a versions optional installs).
 
 -- thorpej@iPhone
 
 On Dec 4, 2007, at 8:44 AM, joerg@netbsd.org wrote:
 
 > Synopsis: Statically linked executables are much larger in -current
 >
 > Responsible-Changed-From-To: toolchain-manager->ad
 > Responsible-Changed-By: joerg@netbsd.org
 > Responsible-Changed-When: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:44:56 +0000
 > Responsible-Changed-Why:
 > ad imported jemalloc.
 >
 >