* Nate Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021114 15:42] wrote:
> Please see earlier threads on hackers@ about bloat in libc and dynamic
> linking of /[s]bin.  Tim Kientzle submitted a patch that breaks exit's
> dependency on malloc which saves space in the programs that don't
> otherwise use malloc.
> 
> I don't think a mini-libc is a good idea because bugfixes would need to be
> duplicated or confusion about which one is being used for a program would 
> make debugging harder.  I'd rather have the normal libc on /lib (modulo
> some paring down of libc) and things dynamically linked.

I'd like to see / dynamically linked with some form of /stand that gets
updated in case of emergencies.

When/who is going to do this already? :)

-Alfred

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