Re: ITP: mklibs.sh
On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 01:03:21AM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > the package depends on mklibs.sh includes mkinitrd-cd, but I suppose any
> > other packages interested in making initrd of their own for whatever
> > specific needs may as well want it too. ;-) (I'm right now doing this. :-)
>
> As long as it is only one other package requiring this script, I think it is
> maybe better off by just including a copy of it. The problem is that as soon
> as you have a reference version, interfaces (the name and options of the
> script) get set into stone rather fast. I am not sure mklibs.sh is ready for
> that. However, that's my opinion as upstream author in this case.
I was using it in discover (hardware detection for Debian, still being
hacked on to get some bugs out...)
I stopped because I discovered that it was not really reducing glibc a
significant amount at all. =(
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