[wplug] I'm a Linux whimp (need kernel help)

[Christopher DeMarco]

On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 11:58:03AM -0400, Poyner, Brandon wrote:
> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:58:03 -0400
> To: General user list <wplug at wplug.org>
> From: "Poyner, Brandon" <bpoyner at ccac.edu>
> Subject: RE: [wplug] I'm a Linux whimp (need kernel help)

<snip>

> > RH8.0  -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 10488 Aug 29  2002 /usr/bin/yes
> > RH9    -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 11100 Oct 29  2003 /usr/bin/yes
> > FC2    -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 14532 May  4  2004 /usr/bin/yes
> > FC3    -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 15216 Oct  5  2004 /usr/bin/yes
> > RHEL 4 -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 15216 Feb 22 11:18 /usr/bin/yes

<snip>

> #include <stdio.h>

Your rant implies that the distros are themselves bloating
(e.g. compiling with -DKITCHEN_SINK -D20MB_PIXMAPS); I would re-phrase
to the effect that *apps* are bloating (c.f. GNOME, KDE); the data you
cite, however, suggest that *glibc* is bloating.

So where's the added 4728.00 KB (!!) coming from in this example?


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Christopher DeMarco <cmd at alephant.net>
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