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Re: Replacing gnu tools in woody with busybox



Rajkumar S wrote:
> Is it possible to replace all gnu tools in woody with busybox. I am 
> removing packages from LAS knoppix <http://www.localareasecurity.com/> 
> to make it still smaller. One idea is to remove all the hefty gnu tools 
> and replace it with busybox. but understandably, when I tried  to remove 
> the core stuff, lots of dependency problems crop up.
> 
> Has any one tried this before? One idea I see is to repackage busybox 
> with all correct dependencies. Any more ideas?

Nope, it won't work. Many programs in debian rely on options and behavior
only provided by the GNU tools and not by busybox.

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