Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 23:58:25 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: build tools as separate distribution Message-ID: <39AD2111.C7F0F782@newsguy.com> References: <xzp3djn9h2o.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > 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. IMHO, and as an hibernating committer, this would be good. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org capo@white.bunnies.bsdconspiracy.net OK, so the solar flares are my fault.. I am sorry, ok?!?! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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