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Date:      Wed, 30 Aug 2000 06:47:02 -0700
From:      Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: build tools as separate distribution 
Message-ID:  <200008301347.e7UDlbh84409@cwsys.cwsent.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "30 Aug 2000 12:30:39 %2B0200." <xzp3djn9h2o.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> 

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In message <xzp3djn9h2o.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav 
writes:
> What would the good people think of moving gcc, gas, ld etc., as well
> as include files and static libraries out of the bin dist and into a
> separate distribution, called e.g. prog or devel? There are a lot of
> cases (e.g. firewalls, mail gateways) where you neither need nor want
> build tools, and PicoBSD is sometimes too radical. This would provide
> a sort of middle path between the too-minimalist PicoBSD and the
> not-minimalist-enough bin dist we have today.

Excellent idea!


Regards,                       Phone:  (250)387-8437
Cy Schubert                      Fax:  (250)387-5766
Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team   Internet:  Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca
Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA
Province of BC





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