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I think programs in /bin used to be usually statically linked. When updating the glibc for instance, this makes the change far more doable. In general dealing w

I think programs in /bin used to be usually statically linked. When updating the glibc for instance, this makes the change far more doable. In general dealing with static binaries is much less pain, especially when they haven't been compiled locally/by the distributor for this particular version of the distribution.

drivebycomment 5y ago
/sbin used to be statically linked on unix. The entire point of /sbin is the independence from almost everything else so that you can rely on them even when the system boots up in a weird state.