Re: dynamic /bin /sbin

[Richard Coleman <richardcoleman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:

> :I believe that freebsd-current is going to dynamic versions
> :mainly so some dynamically-loaded options (such as pam) could
> :be made to work correctly.
>
>     I am generally against doing dynamic.  I feel that certain entities that
>     one might desire to be dynamic, such as authentication, really should be
>     *completely* moved out of the binary and into a port service.  Such 
>     entities might include (incomplete list):
>
> 	* authentication
> 	* name resolution
> 	* locale

Using dynamic libraries is pretty convenient for things like PAM and 
nsswitch.conf.  Otherwise, you need to create some type of API that is 
flexible enough for every type of authentication, authorization, or 
resolution method you might want to use in the future.  In the end, 
wouldn't this turn out to be as complicated as dynamic linking?

Richard Coleman