Re: boot-floppies, busybox size reduction status

2001-10-05 Thread Erik Andersen
On Thu Oct 04, 2001 at 01:07:30AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > So Adam, is it agreeable that I upload a version of busybox to the > > main archive with these changes? David has now validated that > > this is viable and saves space. > > Yah. Go

Re: boot-floppies, busybox size reduction status

2001-10-05 Thread Jens Ruehmkorf
Hi all! On 5 Oct 2001, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Yes, please don't try making a change to base like this at this point > in the freeze. It's just going to have to be a problem we have in > woody. busybox package needs to be tuned to boot-floppies use -- it > might be inconvenient to others but we

Re: boot-floppies, busybox size reduction status

2001-10-04 Thread David Kimdon
> > earlier in this list it has been suggested to have a busybox-bf package in > > addition to the normal busybox package. I would strongly encourage this, > > though for different reasons: > > > What you suggest sounds reasonable to me. > I wonder if we could use the .udeb for this purpose? Ad

Re: boot-floppies, busybox size reduction status

2001-10-04 Thread Erik Andersen
On Fri Oct 05, 2001 at 12:21:23AM +0200, Jens Ruehmkorf wrote: > Hi all, > > > So Adam, is it agreeable that I upload a version of busybox to the > > main archive with these changes? David has now validated that this is > > viable and saves space. > > earlier in this list it has been suggested

Re: boot-floppies, busybox size reduction status

2001-10-04 Thread Jens Ruehmkorf
Hi all, > So Adam, is it agreeable that I upload a version of busybox to the > main archive with these changes? David has now validated that this is > viable and saves space. earlier in this list it has been suggested to have a busybox-bf package in addition to the normal busybox package. I wou

Re: boot-floppies, busybox size reduction status

2001-10-03 Thread Erik Andersen
On Tue Oct 02, 2001 at 06:58:47PM -0700, David Kimdon wrote: > I just completed an install with a reduced busybox. We are now using > route and ifconfig from busybox (no bb ash, see below). Comparing new > and old, mounted via loop. > > /home/dwhedon/new 3415 2501 914 74% /n

Re: boot-floppies, busybox size reduction status

2001-10-03 Thread Erik Andersen
On Wed Oct 03, 2001 at 10:14:41AM -0600, Matt Kraai wrote: > On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 11:25:42PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 06:58:47PM -0700, David Kimdon wrote: > > > busybox route is in a different place from net-tools route, so I added > > > a symlink, see patch below

Re: boot-floppies, busybox size reduction status

2001-10-03 Thread Matt Kraai
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 11:25:42PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 06:58:47PM -0700, David Kimdon wrote: > > busybox route is in a different place from net-tools route, so I added > > a symlink, see patch below. > > fix busybox, don't kludge. This is fixed in the upstream de

Re: boot-floppies, busybox size reduction status

2001-10-02 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 06:58:47PM -0700, David Kimdon wrote: > busybox (1:0.60.1-5) unstable; urgency=low > > * turn on id and printf for boot-floppies > * turn off ash for boot-floppies, it segfauls in debootstrap > > -- David Kimdon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 2 Oct 2001 16:15:42 -0700 >

boot-floppies, busybox size reduction status

2001-10-02 Thread David Kimdon
I just completed an install with a reduced busybox. We are now using route and ifconfig from busybox (no bb ash, see below). Comparing new and old, mounted via loop. /home/dwhedon/new 3415 2501 914 74% /new /home/dwhedon/old 3414 2634 780 78% /old That's