-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Randy McMurchy wrote: > Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> Bryan Kadzban wrote: >> >>> But we don't put *any* .so (or .a) files into /lib, because the only >>> reason for /lib is to hold libraries that are required before /usr may >>> be mounted (i.e. early bootscripts). And when you're compiling -- which >>> is the only time .so or .a files are used -- /usr had better be mounted. >>> :-) >> Actually .so files are used any time a dynamically linked executable needs >> them, >> not just when 'compiling'. But I think you know that. > > Yeah, but dynamically linked executables never need them (unless of course > the package only provides a .so or .a file. Typically, what is needed for > dynamically linked packages are files such as libfile.so.1. That is why we > leave libfile.so.1 and libfile.so.1.37 in /lib. > > So, actually, .so and .a files are really only needed at compile time for > other packages. :-) > > >> Actually, I think we may have several unnecessary files in /lib. I'm not >> sure >> why libhistory > > Probably for the bash shell. > > >> , libnss*, > > These are Glibc files used for resolving names, likely needed in single user > mode. > > >> libpcre, > > Probably bash again.
Actually, bash doesn't need libpcre, but grep can be compiled against libpcre (to provide grep -P). - -- ABCD -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkqux3sACgkQOypDUo0oQOqddACfVlWKaV0mqxmsAHc4UhsyGuO4 ue0An1RMy6aJIO14c3VWvHP22yicZCCb =Kq6K -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
