"Alexander E. Patrakov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Dimitry Naldayev wrote:
>
>>I am looking for a way to build a clean production system. ie system
>>without development parts.
>>
> You have two approaches.
>
> A) [preferred] Use Debian Sarge or maybe Etch. Rationale:
>
> 1) Its minimal install (for a router) is below 70 MB, and doesn't
> contain development stuff.
> 2) It has a package manager that allows you to upgrade your system if
> a security hole is found.
> 3) Unlike LFS community, Debian community actively reports bugs to the
> distro maintainers, and thus you have all the latest fixes in Debian
> packages without waiting for a new upstream release.
This is usually true only for security problems...
I was using debian for a long time before and I do not want this regression
now for some reasons.
>
> B) Roll your own distro by installing LFS on a non-production machine
> and copying all the needed files to a production one.
but there is a small problem --- I am not a guru, who know about every file
in the system "why it is", "is it for" and "is it needed in production
system"
> Be sure that you know how to deal with security updates and other bugs.
>
this is also true and for a usual LFS system...
---
Dimitry
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