Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 06:47:02 -0700 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: build tools as separate distribution Message-ID: <200008301347.e7UDlbh84409@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "30 Aug 2000 12:30:39 %2B0200." <xzp3djn9h2o.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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In message <xzp3djn9h2o.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav writes: > What would the good people think of moving gcc, gas, ld etc., as well > as include files and static libraries out of the bin dist and into a > separate distribution, called e.g. prog or devel? There are a lot of > cases (e.g. firewalls, mail gateways) where you neither need nor want > build tools, and PicoBSD is sometimes too radical. This would provide > a sort of middle path between the too-minimalist PicoBSD and the > not-minimalist-enough bin dist we have today. Excellent idea! Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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