--- Todd Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Buchan Milne wrote on Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at
> 08:50:31PM +0200 :
> > >
> > > [djw9202@mccarthy djw9202]$ which less
> > > /usr/bin/less
> > [bgmilne@bgmilne bgmilne]$ which more
> > /bin/more
> > The real question is, what is too much? most?
> 
> Buchan, you probably already know this, but for
> others, there's more to
> worry about than just the binary:
> 
> [todd@fiji ~]$ ldd /bin/more
>         libtermcap.so.2 => /lib/libtermcap.so.2
> (0x40028000)
>         libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/libc.so.6
> (0x4002d000)
>         /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2
> (0x40000000)
> [todd@fiji ~]$ ldd /usr/bin/less.bin
>         libncurses.so.5 => /lib/libncurses.so.5
> (0x40028000)
>         libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/libc.so.6
> (0x40069000)
>         libgpm.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgpm.so.1
> (0x40186000)
>         /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2
> (0x40000000)
> 
> You have to start relocating libraries to /lib as
> well.  In this case
> it's only one, but each case that's "only one"
> starts adding up to
> larger and larger required root partitions and
> that's what is trying to
> be kept small.

Certainly.  Who uses gpm support in less though?  We
could disable it.

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