On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 03:16:57AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Tue, May 21, 2002, Petro ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > All I'm asking for at this point is something that the rest of the > > Unix World has done forever, a statically linked /sbin/sh for roots > > use. > > > > Is this the first time someone has brought this up? > > Puhleaze: > > http://www.google.com/search?q=debian+statically+linked+root+shell
One thing that comes to mind quite quickly is that statically linked binaries are a major maintenance overhead. Every time a bug is fixed in one of the libraries you use, you have to recompile the binary and reupload, which is a particular pain when trying to freeze the base system. As a case in point, I had to do a non-maintainer upload of sash a couple of months ago because it statically links against zlib and so needed to be manually rebuilt to acquire the zlib security fix. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
