On 27/03/2008, Shawn Starr <sstarr(a)platform.com> 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
...