Re: tlug: Re: tomsrtbt & glibc (was: Lilo hosed)

[Chris Sekiya <chris@example.com>]

On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Rex Walters wrote:

> Unless you can restore /lib from your rescue floppy.  Note the
> presence of cpio and dd on the rescue disk, but the conspicuous
> absence of tar and dump on tomsrtbt.

This is kinda sorta why everything in /bin and /sbin are supposed to be
statically linked (/me looks sharply at Scott).  Assuming the boot loader
works properly, the system will at least start up and file replacement can
proceed[1].

> The argument could be made, too, that rescue disks are NOT ordinarily
> something for the beginner.

Agreed.

> Finally, libc5 is beyond doubt more stable and better understood by more
> people.

Hmmmm.  It's been around longer, yes, but I have to take issue with
"stability".  Going any further would turn this into an advocacy post ;)

-- Chris

[1] This is something that I _really_ liked about *BSD -- they kept this
    convention.

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