Re: libc6 is too large?
Piotr Roszatycki <dexter@fnet.pl> wrote:
> From slink:
> Version: 2.0.7.19981211-6
> Installed-Size: 1458
> and from potato:
> Version: 2.1.2-1
> Installed-Size: 4469
> It is increased about 3MB!
> I think it is not good for minimal distribution (console on
> small HDD, libraries without locale, timezone info, nss, etc.)
It's because the maintainer decided to go against the policy and not strip
the libraries. This has already been reported as a bug against libc6 (#40467).
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