From: joel@wam.umd.edu (Joel M. Hoffman) Subject: Re: /bin files should not be linked with shared libs! Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 13:52:22 GMT
In article <JWINSTEA.93Mar10230240@fenris.claremont.edu> jwinstea@fenris.claremont.edu (Jim Winstead Jr.) writes:
>In article <1993Mar11.021924.20199@wam.umd.edu> joel@wam.umd.edu (Joel M. Hoffman) writes:
> Come to think of it, statically linked umount.static, mount.static and
> cp.static would be enough to fix almost any shared-lib related
> problem. No?
>
>Actually, there's a far easier solution: keep a boot/root floppy that
>has all the basic tools that you need. This is *by far* the most
>sensible solution.
Of course that's a good idea. But to use a boot/root floppy to fix
your system you have to reboot. That may not always be a good idea.
-Joel