> Is it possible to recompile the whole system while excluding the built-in > Apache 1.3 web server? I was hoping to save a few more megabytes off the > base installation of the system. In case it's not advisable, can you please > discuss the bad side effects of doing so? > Thanks in advance.
You can do whatever you want. For example, here is a diff which will compile your system without the built-in ls. Index: Makefile =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/bin/Makefile,v retrieving revision 1.10 diff -u -p -u -r1.10 Makefile --- Makefile 18 May 2007 16:08:12 -0000 1.10 +++ Makefile 29 Jun 2011 02:01:14 -0000 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.10 2007/05/18 16:08:12 deraadt Exp $ SUBDIR= cat chio chmod cp csh date dd df domainname echo \ - ed expr hostname kill ksh ln ls md5 mkdir mt \ + ed expr hostname kill ksh ln md5 mkdir mt \ mv pax ps pwd rcp rm rmail rmdir sleep stty \ sync systrace test In the end, you can do whatever makes you happy. But if it makes you happy, and then something goes wrong and following that you submit a bug report for your self-modified system, you can expect that people will remember you and flame you to death. Basically: Your changes -> your problem. If you try to make your problem our problem, don't be surprised if people make it very clear that you are the problem. Your reputation will be soiled.