On 27/03/2008, Shawn Starr <sstarr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This is because /sbin was for 'static' binaries (static-bin). We needed this back when live CDs didn't exist, or if you somehow foobared your GNU libc you had /sbin/sln (static link) to fix a system, now a days you pop in a CD, chroot to the saddened Linux system and repair it easily. You used /sbin as your emergency kit and superuser tools. Gee, thanks for the history lesson. Of course, if you can find me an example of dynamic linking from the time when "sbin" came into existence (other than on VMS) let me know ... -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
