Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 08:29:06 -0700 From: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: small@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD's embedded agenda Message-ID: <4475CD42.2010509@tenebras.com> In-Reply-To: <2538.1148556253@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <2538.1148556253@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > For smaller systems, an additive approach would make more sense Amen. For larger systems, too, IMHO. I've been saying this for years, but even those things which we think of as necessary for most installs (MTA, DNS, toolchain) should be packages. The task of paring down what's in /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin, followed by removing anything in /usr/lib that isn't reported as a dependency by ldd, has been a constant tedium.
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