[@core] working definition for the minimal package set

Chris Adams cmadams at hiwaay.net
Thu Nov 15 16:38:22 UTC 2012


Once upon a time, Przemek Klosowski <przemek.klosowski at nist.gov> said:
> Since busybox package already exists, I think it makes sense to use 
> it--not because we're doing some tiny-linux, but because why not, it's 
> just 651 kB. Most packages we discussed here (openssh-clients, sendmail) 
> are individually much larger than that.

That's not a good reason to use busybox in a general install.  It
doesn't exactly duplicate the commands it offers, only a subset.
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Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
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