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Re: [PATCH] sln: Install as a hard link to ldconfig


On 20 Jul 2016 21:23, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> On 2016-07-20 17:19, Joseph Myers wrote:
> > On Wed, 13 Jul 2016, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > > I assumed it was intended as a recovery tool if something is wrong with the
> > > DSO symbolic links, which is why I preserved it.  On the other hand, in this
> > > day and age, systems will certainly not boot if simple binaries like ln cannot
> > > run, and the system administrator will not be able to log in, so such recovery
> > > actions appear rather unrealistic without the help of a rescue system.
> > 
> > I think sln / static ldconfig are recovery tools for *when already logged 
> > in* (and having just made a mistake with the links).
> 
> I agree about that for ldconfig. Now I do wonder if it is the job of
> the libc to provide sln, when alternatives like a statically linked
> busybox can recover from many more breakages.

agreed -- i think sln should die
-mike

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