Subject: Re: Can't build userland, resultant binaries are not executable
To: George Adkins <george@webbastard.org>
From: James Chacon <jmc@NetBSD.org>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 03/22/2005 11:15:31
On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 11:20:12AM -0500, George Adkins wrote:
> >>Memory is cheaper than dirt, and disk space is cheaper than that...
> >Please note that there are machines supported by NetBSD that have a 
> >max.
> >of 16 MB or even 4 MB RAM. (some VAXen and Sun 3 machines e.g.)
> I understand that, I used to use NetBSD 1.3 on a 4M Sun IPC.
> 
> >
> >>AND WE'RE DYNAMICALLY LINKING /bin/df?
> >There is still a static /rescue/df.
> 
> Uhhhh...
> 
> excuse me, but, why is there a /rescue AND a /sbin?
> 
> isn't /sbin there for the purpose of Statically Linked Binaries for 
> Critical Tools?
> 

Based on my fuzzy recollections here...No

sbin == system binaries (i.e. used for managing the system)

/sbin - ones that need to be there for bootup
/usr/sbin - ones that can wait until after /usr is mounted (back when people
            used to make / it's own partition).

James