busybox in main
I would like to see the busybox package in the main debian archive.
Busxybox is a multicall binary that is targeted at embedded systems, it
is the basis of the debian installer.
A busybox package was previously rejected because it was uninstable on
an existing system. This was because busybox would break packages in
base due to the many links it created (e.g. symlink from //bin/ls to
busybox binary). Infact due to conflicting dependencies it wouldnt have
been installable without being forced.
The proposed solution was to create a seperate area in the debian
archive for installer specific packages and put it in there, for
whatever reason this hasnt happened, but i dont think the busybox
package should be hidden away anyway.
busybox doesnt actually need symlinks to provide functionality, it can
be used by calling busybox with the command as the argument, e.g.
busybox ls -al.
busybox isnt only usefull for debian in the installer, it could be a
handy emergency utility to have hanging around on an installed system.
If the busybox package was setup so that it only installed the busybox
binary then it wouldnt cause any problems and it would make it more
accessable to both end users and the installer.
Would sach a package bee acceptable to go int othe main archive ?
Glenn
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