Re: HTML format documentation

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Thursday, September 7, 2000 at 05:51:44 (-0600), Richard Stallman wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: HTML format documentation
>
> We can think of /bin as a place where a few things get "promoted"
> which would normally be in /usr/bin.  In the past, sysadmins often
> moved programs between /bin and /usr/bin based on local needs.  In
> other words, these are best thought of as two sides of a single
> chamber, not as two chambers.

However on systems with shared libraries you can't just "promote" a
linked program from /usr/bin to /bin -- you have to link it statically
-- i.e. the build has to know from the beginning that you're intending
to use the result at run-time from single-user mode.

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                                                        Greg A. Woods

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