Making a dynamically-linked root

[Tim Kientzle]

Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:

> Gordon Tetlow <gordont at gnf.org> writes:
>>... my boot time ... went from 12 seconds with a static root to 15
>>seconds with a dynamic root.
> 
> Was /bin/sh dynamically linked?  It shouldn't be.


Sorry, but /bin/sh calls 'getpwnam()', which means
/bin/sh should use NSS, and thus needs to be
dynamically linked.

The _only_ program that I can see any useful debate
about is /sbin/init.  Making it dynamic requires
implementing safety features in the kernel to run
/rescue/init if /sbin/init is present but fails.
Once those features are present, then I think
_everything_ (but /rescue) should be dynamic.  Period.

Tim