On 17/01/2025 15:15, Didier Kryn wrote:
> Distros *love* dynamic libraries, for a reason which is related to package
> management.

There used to be if not any more a Linux distro with all packages built statically.

It is only 74 binaries on OpenBSD e.g. mount, ifconfig, fsck etc. but yes
everything is a package on Linux. Where OpenBSD provides a base plus packages
Debian provides installs of packages and more packages.

ls /sbin
atactl       dhcpleased   fsck         growfs       isakmpd      mount
mount_nfs    ncheck       nologin      rdump        savecore     swapon
vnconfig
badsect      disklabel    fsck_ext2fs  halt         kbd          mount_cd9660
mount_ntfs   ncheck_ffs   pfctl        reboot       scan_ffs     sysctl
wsconsctl
bioctl       dmesg        fsck_ffs     ifconfig     ldattach     mount_ext2fs
mount_tmpfs  newfs        pflogd       resolvd      scsi         ttyflags
chown        dump         fsck_msdos   iked         ldconfig     mount_ffs
mount_udf    newfs_ext2fs ping         restore      shutdown     tunefs
clri         dumpfs       fsdb         init         mkfifo       mount_mfs
mount_vnd    newfs_msdos  ping6        route        slaacd       umount
dhcp6leased  fdisk        fsirand      ipsecctl     mknod        mount_msdos
mountd       nfsd         quotacheck   rrestore     swapctl      unwind