Going Dynamic (Was: HEADS UP: new NSS)

[Chris BeHanna]

On Friday 18 April 2003 21:22, Tim Kientzle wrote:
> David Taylor wrote:
>  > Hmm, but if /sbin/mount_ufs (say) is dynamically linked, and the
>  > libraries are still in /usr, how do you mount /usr?
>
> That's why certain critical shared libs
> (e.g., libc.so) need to be moved to /lib.
>
>  >>As I said, I've already done a chunk of work
>  >>for this.  If someone would like to help finish...
>  >
>  > If there's a list of tasks that need to be done, I'd be willing to see
>  > what I can do (although I'm going back to uni next week)...
>
> Here are the remaining tasks that I know of:
>
> 1) Create /lib, move shared libraries.
>
>      This involves working on bsd.lib.mk and a few related
>      pieces so that certain libraries get installed
>      differently:
>        * shared lib into /lib
>        * compatibility symlinks from /usr/lib -> /lib
>        * static lib into /usr/lib
>
>      Here's a list of libraries that I believe need to
>      be moved:
>
>      libc libcrypt libedit libkvm libl libm libtermcap
>      libutil libalias libatm libcam libcurses libdevstat
>      libipsec libipx libmd libncp libreadline libsbuf libsmb
>      libufs libz

    1a) Compute the minimum required size of / and document it
        someplace.

    :-)

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