Re: finer grained udeb's?
On Fri Jan 19, 2001 at 04:17:43PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> Glenn McGrath wrote:
> > > While working on support for dhclient in debian-installer I noticed that
> > > busybox will need to have 'expr' added. I wonder how this should be handled.
> > > I guess it makes sense to add 'expr' since it is only a few k, and so far pump
> > > hasn't worked for me (could still be user error at this point.), but at some
> > > point we may see that busybox needs to be more modular?
> > >
> > Its hard and maybe counterproductive to break up busybox, it would be
> > best if built busybox with everything we needed from the start.
>
> Yeah, I agree with Glenn. Breaking up busybox doesn't tend to save
> space.
Agreed. We just need to pick the desired feature set. If there are any apps
that need to be enabled in busybox, just ask.
Is it agreed then I should turn on expr? Know of anything else in the
should-be-enabled list?
> > If that wasnt suitable then maybe we could have a cut down version and a
> > full version with everything, the full version could be fetched if
> > needed and replace the cutdown version.
>
> Yes -- I do think there might be room for an expanded second-stage busybox
> udeb that is installed after the base system bootstraps itself.
Hmm. Ok. Well tell me what you want in each and I will build it. BTW, I'm
back in the states now. Expect an updated busybox .udeb in incoming this
evening.
-Erik
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