Subject: Re: Size of static binaries
To: None <port-vax@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Michael Sokolov <sokolov@alpha.CES.CWRU.Edu>
List: port-vax
Date: 02/22/1998 13:32:17
David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com> wrote:
> One big source of bloat (In NetBSD) is that just about everything
> has to link with the YP support, message catalogs, etc... nasty.
Well, 4.4BSD doesn't have this and it's still bloated.
> Move back to BSD4.3. (Assuming your hardware is supported).
Or if it is not currently supported, help it become supported by helping
me find copies of 4.3BSD-Tahoe and 4.3BSD-Reno.
Sincerely,
Michael Sokolov
Phone: 440-449-0299
ARPA Internet SMTP mail: sokolov@alpha.ces.cwru.edu