> I've always wondered...why are shared libraries installed under *NIX > operating systems with the executable bit set?
IIRC, the executable bit is used by the SunOS VM subsystem as a hint when looking for free memory. The VM subsystem prefers to free pure data pages (files without the executable bit set) over mapped files for executables (both binaries and shared libraries). This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-code mailing list [email protected] https://opensolaris.org:444/mailman/listinfo/opensolaris-code
