Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 14:34:43 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Eric Schultz <eric@schultznet.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What functionality is provided by minimal install Message-ID: <20060201123443.GC33948@flame.pc> In-Reply-To: <43DFC0EB.8050005@schultznet.ca> References: <43DE5E0A.1090806@schultznet.ca> <20060130190609.GD96466@flame.pc> <43DFC0EB.8050005@schultznet.ca>
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On 2006-01-31 14:56, Eric Schultz <eric@schultznet.ca> wrote:
>Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>>On 2006-01-30 13:42, Eric Schultz <eric@schultznet.ca> wrote:
>>> sysintall help that a Minimal install is "just the base
>>> system." But what _functionality_ is provided by a *base
>>> system*???
>>
>> A short `overview' of a sort can be seen with:
>>
>> # man 5 rc.conf
>>
>> For every daemon, service, or option that you see in that
>> manpage, there is also a feature of the base system.
>
> Good afternoon...
>
> That's a very interesting idea. I guess that would cover (excuse my
> un-certainty with the terminology here) the /kernel/ but not the
> /userland/. For the /userland/ i assume I would still have to man
> every executable - and then some - that I find?
No, many parts of the userland are configured by `rc.conf' options too.
Of course, an exchaustive list of all the binaries in */bin paths is,
uhm, a huge task. But you can also get an idea by:
$ apropos . | more
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