Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 09:09:42 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Things to remove from /rescue Message-ID: <20030717160942.GB46923@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <200307170906.51902.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <20030717080805.GA98878@dragon.nuxi.com> <p05210671bb3c1bf6b8fd@[128.113.24.47]> <20030717033620.B51802@xorpc.icir.org> <200307170906.51902.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 09:06:51AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > > This is a crunched binary, so space is really not a big issue (plus, > > the basic set of libraries is probably some 300-400Kb, so discussing > > about adding/removing components which take 2-3 KB such as date, > > sleep, comcontrol, conscontrol is just pointless in my opinion; > > just convenience should be enough to keep some things around). > > > > For ipfw/natd, i admit that they might be fatter than what one might > > want, but then again they might be useful in case you have to access > > the outside world to grab things. What do you save by removing them ? > > I think this is an excellent point. David, can you provide actual numbers > of how much removing each of these programs saves? Then hell, lets just totally duplicate all of /[s]bin into /rescue. Remember this is BSD, this is Unix. This isn't every other gargantuan OS. Before you call me facious, seriously ask yourself what is the purpose of /rescue. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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