I've got a stripped down Woody system that's currently using
about 100MB of disk space. What I've got now is the "base"
package (no tasks selected) with a few packages added for
specific requirements (ssh, webmin, dial-in-ppp).
It would be nice to trim it down some without losing too much
functionality. Any opinions on these candidates for the ax?
* /usr/share/locale 7MB
I'd give the user an option to pick a locale, and then
whack all the rest.
* groff-base, manpages, man-db, /usr/share/doc, /usr/share/man 10-12MB
This is intended as a runtime-only machine. Anybody doing
any sort of development or admin would be expected to have
a full-up system with all the man/doc stuff on it.
* /usr/share/modconf 2MB
Ditch all languages except one? Don't know if the savings
are worth the effort.
* /usr/lib/gconv ??
Probably ought to find out what it is, before I whack it,
but anything to do with EBCDIC can probably go. :)
* console-data ??
Ditch most of the keymaps and fonts. Box won't have a
console most of the time anyway.
If a user requires anything I delete, he can always re-install
it (I'll leave dpkg, apt, and frieds)...
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Grant Edwards
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