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Re: [bug-inetutils] More of a feature request than a bug fix
From: |
Alfred M. Szmidt |
Subject: |
Re: [bug-inetutils] More of a feature request than a bug fix |
Date: |
Wed, 15 Jan 2003 16:14:00 +0100 |
> For a root/boot disk set I would not even recommend using inetutils,
> let alone things like the GNU C Library, they are not suitable for
> such specific systems. Inetutils is written to be feature rich. If
> you really need such featureless programs then there are far better
> alternatives.
Why *shouldn't* we make inetutils sufficiently modular to be suitable
for this?
There is a big difference between making something modular, and making
something small. If making something small is the goal, then we
shouldn't use nice functions likes argp/error etc, which make things
modular.
And anyway, if one is going to make a boot/root disk then one will
need ls/cat/etc anyway, and coreutils is surely not the best place to
get those programs. Just to make a point ls compiled on my system is
281kb unstriped, and 65kb striped. The whole busybox suit, including
uClibc is proboly something inbetween.
Re: [bug-inetutils] More of a feature request than a bug fix, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2003/01/15