> > Well, PLT == Procedure Linkage Table, GOT == Global Offset Table,
> > DSO == Dynamic Shared Object, the official ELFish word for shared lib,
> > NSS == Name Service Switch, the /etc/nsswitch.conf thing in glibc and
> > Solaris and yes, abrev. is the abrev. for abrev. ;-)
>
> And why does NSS pull another copy of glibc anyway? Seems like a rather
> convoluted step to take, so if it's doing it, there has to be some good
> reason.
The NSS libraries are shared libraries and due to the modular nature of NSS
have to be. And those libraries again need libc, so a shared copy of it
will be loaded.
Ralf
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