Re: itp: static bins / resolving static debian issues
Perhaps a few binaries, such as e2fsck, restore, and fdisk, should
be static. If you selectively pick just those that would really be
important, and would never be used by ordinary users, there is very
little cost and very real gain.
Justin
On Wed, Aug 18, 1999 at 07:54:11PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 19, 1999 at 09:32:28AM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote:
> > default or non-default is not the point - the existence of an optional
> > static bins package is sufficient. those who want it can have it, those
> > who don't can ignore it.
>
> On Wed, Aug 18, 1999 at 06:11:27PM -0400, Justin Wells wrote:
> > > -- we figure out what additional tools are required in order to
> > > get a root shell and repair a system, whatever sash does not
> > > already supply, and add that to some /sbin directory.
>
> > yep. 'ar' is the most obvious one. fdisk or sfdisk, e2fsck and mke2fs as
> > well. 'mount' is in sash but it might be worthwhile having a static bin
> > too.
>
> ar I can see adding.
>
> fdisk and e2fsck are outside the scope of what sash is supposed to
> deal with. And you really wouldn't want to have to trust a sash
> reimplementation of e2fsck.
>
> > and maybe a text editor (elvis-tiny, nvi, or vim-tty...and/or ae, joe,
> > or ee). 'ed' is in sash but it's not exactly pleasant to use.
>
> sash is not supposed to be pleasant to use.
>
> > > -- root's shell be set to sash by default, if sash is installed
> >
> > NO! that would be a big mistake. this shouldn't be done for the same
> > reason that you shouldn't change root's shell on solaris or sco to bash.
> > we'd have enough trouble with bashisms in root cron jobs even if we
> > switched to a posix sh, switching root's shell to sash would likely be a
> > disaster (i'm disturbed even by the fact that the postinst for sash asks
> > if it should change root's shell to sash!)
>
> For the record, I'm disturbed by this as well, but I'm still (after a year)
> not sure what I'm going to do about it.
>
> This discussion has prompted me to think about this problem differently,
> however.
>
> --
> Raul
>
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