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Re: Providing a static e2fsck ?



Gregory S. Stark writes:
 > I'm really extremely surprised to find a statically linked fsck is so large.
 > I assume it was stripped? I'm curious to look into why it's the case. 

Yes, it is.

 > I would have expected fsck to use relatively few libc functions.
 > I guess not.

Note that this is the size for e2fsck, not fsck.

 > If a statically linked fsck isn't smaller than including all the libraries
 > then I agree it doesn't make sense to go to any extra effort to build one.

It'd be extra effort, both static and dynamic e2fsck are build by
default.

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