From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 2 22:54:40 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A83F8106568A for ; Sat, 2 Aug 2008 22:54:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luigi@onelab2.iet.unipi.it) Received: from onelab2.iet.unipi.it (onelab2.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.129]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D78C8FC17 for ; Sat, 2 Aug 2008 22:54:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luigi@onelab2.iet.unipi.it) Received: by onelab2.iet.unipi.it (Postfix, from userid 275) id 270757308E; Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:56:43 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:56:43 +0200 From: Luigi Rizzo To: Sam Leffler Message-ID: <20080802225643.GA84798@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> References: <372128.56919.qm@web51502.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <20080802.002039.58462077.imp@bsdimp.com> <4894A9D8.2090606@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4894A9D8.2090606@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: fbsd2@yahoo.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: busybox and small scripting languages on FreeBSD ? (was Re: 80 Mb / enough for 7.x? OK to delete /stand/ and /modules/ ?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:54:40 -0000 On Sat, Aug 02, 2008 at 11:39:20AM -0700, Sam Leffler wrote: ... > I've been looking at nanobsd for a couple of applications and working to > reduce the footprint of the images without hacking special rules. With ... > If we're ever to consider building images for flash parts (not compact > flash) then we'll need to do a lot of work to pare down the bloat--or > replace current apps w/ special purpose replacements a la busybox (not > something I find appealing). related to this thread -- does anyone have experience in trying to build busybox on FreeBSD ? Also, what would you suggest as a small scripting language to be used in this kind of platform for implementing CGI scripts (and preferably able to use sockets/select) ? The various perl/python/php and friend are in the 10MB range once you pick up a little bit of libraries (sockets etc) and the tangle of modules they require; awk (which is present in busybox) is ok-ish for some things, but doing I/O and calling external programs with it is very unfriendly; javascript/spidermonkey is on the 500KB range but it doesn't have a library to play with sockets... cheers luigi