Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:56:43 +0200 From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> To: Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org> Cc: fbsd2@yahoo.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: busybox and small scripting languages on FreeBSD ? (was Re: 80 Mb / enough for 7.x? OK to delete /stand/ and /modules/ ?) Message-ID: <20080802225643.GA84798@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <4894A9D8.2090606@freebsd.org> References: <372128.56919.qm@web51502.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <20080802.002039.58462077.imp@bsdimp.com> <4894A9D8.2090606@freebsd.org>
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On Sat, Aug 02, 2008 at 11:39:20AM -0700, Sam Leffler wrote: ... > I've been looking at nanobsd for a couple of applications and working to > reduce the footprint of the images without hacking special rules. With ... > If we're ever to consider building images for flash parts (not compact > flash) then we'll need to do a lot of work to pare down the bloat--or > replace current apps w/ special purpose replacements a la busybox (not > something I find appealing). related to this thread -- does anyone have experience in trying to build busybox on FreeBSD ? Also, what would you suggest as a small scripting language to be used in this kind of platform for implementing CGI scripts (and preferably able to use sockets/select) ? The various perl/python/php and friend are in the 10MB range once you pick up a little bit of libraries (sockets etc) and the tangle of modules they require; awk (which is present in busybox) is ok-ish for some things, but doing I/O and calling external programs with it is very unfriendly; javascript/spidermonkey is on the 500KB range but it doesn't have a library to play with sockets... cheers luigi
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