Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 11:34:46 -0800 From: Justin Wojdacki <justin.wojdacki@analog.com> To: Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shrinking /(s)bin: A Proposal Message-ID: <3DD157D6.2BA95A13@analog.com> References: <3DD03D9A.6090805@acm.org> <p05200f03b9f706009d91@[192.168.254.205]>
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Rich Morin wrote: > > My spouse had the problem of creating a bootable copy of A/UX on a > single floppy. She decided to write a "doitall" program that had > functionality from a number of small commands. This amortized the > overhead a great deal. > > A similar approach could be used for /(s)bin: lump several programs > together into a single binary, but give the binary links for each > of the original names (and have the program respond according to > the name used, ala vi/ex). > > My general reaction, however, is that this issue (shrinking sbin) > is not worth trashing the software engineering of piles of commands. > > -r > -- > email: rdm@cfcl.com; phone: +1 650-873-7841 > http://www.cfcl.com/rdm - my home page, resume, etc. > http://www.cfcl.com/Meta - The FreeBSD Browser, Meta Project, etc. > http://www.ptf.com/dossier - Prime Time Freeware's DOSSIER series > http://www.ptf.com/tdc - Prime Time Freeware's Darwin Collection > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message If you're seriously interested in this, take a look at busybox. http://busybox.lineo.org Not sure how compatible the licensing is for FreeBSD base software though. -- ------------------------------------------------- Justin Wojdacki justin.wojdacki@analog.com (408) 350-5032 Communications Processors Group -- Analog Devices To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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