DragonFly kernel List (threaded) for 2003-07
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Re: dynamic /bin /sbin
> :do you plan to have a dynamical
> :linked /bin and /sbin?
>
> Well, I'm not rabid about it but generally speaking I like the safety
> that static binaries give you. I've blown away libc enough times over
> the years that It's nice to be able to still be able to reboot into
> single-user to fix it.
this is a point, although, i think the advantages outweight the
disadvantages...
(consider someone using dragonfly-stable, he will not likely corrupt his
libc, but one security alert may pop up in libc. he will have to rebuild
/bin and /sbin... and he does loose much space.)
btw: it should be possible, to always have one *working* libc, so that
depending on LD_PRELOAD (or something more sophisticated, once you get to
environments), this working libc could be used.
taking that to the extreme, dragonfly could always have a working set of
libraries, that belong to the stable environment.
so cp and friends might use this env, when/if problems occure.
a static /bin/sh, from now on sash, (and /sbin/init, but this should remain
static, imo) would be enough. sash would just set the environment to the
stable env and it would all work.
just my 2¢
~ibotty
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