> Well, there is an ongoing discussion to phase out dhcp (dhclient) out of > the base system.
i'm going to object to that -- while i prefer dhcpcd i've twice needed for temporary issues, and not having working networking while travelling (this was one case) is really not something we want to deal with ;) this is also irrelevant to the problem at hand. > It duplicates symbols from libraries in order to be usable without /usr > mounted. meaning -- it uses libraries normally installed in /usr/lib but links them statically? those libraries should move to /lib. they're already part of the root fs (mostly). then all this stupid makefile and linking crap can go away, and your problem solved. .mrg.