Helmut Jarausch writes: > from time to time I need to boot in 'single' mode. > I'd like to use the nano editor in this case. > But unfortunately it doesn't run since it cannot resolve the dynamic > library libmagic.so.1
Probably because you have a separate /usr partition that is not mounted in single user mode? In this case, copy /usr/lib/libmagic.so.1 to /lib/. > How can I build a static version of nano? There is a utility that can convert static binaries from dynamic ones: http://www.magicermine.com/ It's not free, though. But there is a 15-day evaluation version you could use. They state that they support Free Software and OSS, so I guess they would be okay with this. The author also seems to be a nice guy, I exchanged some mails with him years ago because I looked for such a utility. But I did not buy it because the price (300€) was higher than my need for it. Another utility is ELF STATIFIER (http://statifier.sourceforge.net/). It's free, but it seems to have some problems with stack or VDSO randomization. Wonko
