Dump (backup utility) in FC-7 will be linked dynamically

Jason L Tibbitts III tibbs at math.uh.edu
Thu Jan 18 16:59:43 UTC 2007


>>>>> "AT" == Adam Tkac <atkac at redhat.com> writes:

AT> I'm going to ship dump backup utility in FC-7 only in
AT> dynamically linked version (now dump is statically linked).

I suppose the primary reasons for shipping a static dump (and, perhaps
more importantly, restore) is for emergency situations.  But these
days I can't imagine many emergency situations that aren't better
solved by booting the rescue media instead of booting single-user.
dump and restore are on the rescue media, aren't they?  (Personally I
wish the initrd could be extended to act as a rescue medium, but I
imagine that many people would object to that.)

 - J<




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