Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Bryan Kadzban wrote: > >> But we don't put *any* .so (or .a) files into /lib, because the only >> reason for /lib is to hold libraries that are required before /usr may >> be mounted (i.e. early bootscripts). And when you're compiling -- which >> is the only time .so or .a files are used -- /usr had better be mounted. >> :-) > > Actually .so files are used any time a dynamically linked executable needs > them, > not just when 'compiling'. But I think you know that.
Yeah, but dynamically linked executables never need them (unless of course the package only provides a .so or .a file. Typically, what is needed for dynamically linked packages are files such as libfile.so.1. That is why we leave libfile.so.1 and libfile.so.1.37 in /lib. So, actually, .so and .a files are really only needed at compile time for other packages. :-) > Actually, I think we may have several unnecessary files in /lib. I'm not > sure > why libhistory Probably for the bash shell. > , libnss*, These are Glibc files used for resolving names, likely needed in single user mode. > libpcre, Probably bash again. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
