Re: busybox still too bloated

2001-09-25 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 06:45:37PM -0600, Erik Andersen wrote: > On Mon Sep 24, 2001 at 04:09:35PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > reopen 113503 > > thanks > > > > busybox is still too bloated, 12k can be saved on powerpc by applying > > the rest of my patch, a new patch is enclosed here: > > Too

Re: busybox still too bloated

2001-09-25 Thread Erik Andersen
On Tue Sep 25, 2001 at 12:11:29AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > busybox in potato was much smaller then busybox in woody, if you don't > wnat to remove all this bloat just make a bloody -bf package. > > NMU should be done ASAP. You don't need to NMU is, I'm perfectly able to do it. Could you a

Re: busybox still too bloated

2001-09-25 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 02:25:19AM -0600, Erik Andersen wrote: > On Tue Sep 25, 2001 at 12:11:29AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > > > busybox in potato was much smaller then busybox in woody, if you don't > > wnat to remove all this bloat just make a bloody -bf package. > > > > NMU should be don

Re: busybox still too bloated

2001-09-25 Thread Erik Andersen
On Tue Sep 25, 2001 at 12:11:29AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > busybox in potato was much smaller then busybox in woody, if you don't > wnat to remove all this bloat just make a bloody -bf package. This is not a fair comparison. Busybox in potato also didn't provide ar, basename, cut, dirname, e

Re: 3.0.14 released

2001-09-25 Thread H.Heinold
On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 05:06:46PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > I've tagged the sources, uploaded to Incoming a boot-floppies 3.0.14 > source package. > > David Kimdon is building i386 versions, and I'm attempting the PowerPC > version (if that breaks I'll work on getting that going and try a

Bug#99934: (no subject)

2001-09-25 Thread David Kimdon
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cvs commit to boot-floppies/scripts/rescue/messages/sv by peterk

2001-09-25 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/scripts/rescue/messages/sv who:peterk time: tis sep 25 18:42:36 CEST 2001 Log Message: Brought rescue texts up-to-date Files: changed:.translation_of debian.txt.vme added: readme.txt.alpha -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

cvs commit to boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/po by peterk

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Re: busybox still too bloated

2001-09-25 Thread Erik Andersen
On Tue Sep 25, 2001 at 12:04:28PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I suspect that all of the following could probably be eliminated: ar, date, > > echo, env, expr, gzip, halt, lsmod, poweroff, wc, which, whoami. > > > > A quick check shows that disablin

Re: busybox still too bloated

2001-09-25 Thread David Kimdon
Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 11:09:02AM -0600 wrote: > On Tue Sep 25, 2001 at 12:04:28PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I suspect that all of the following could probably be eliminated: ar, date, > > > echo, env, expr, gzip, halt, lsmod, poweroff, wc, which

Re: busybox still too bloated

2001-09-25 Thread Erik Andersen
On Tue Sep 25, 2001 at 10:57:51AM -0700, David Kimdon wrote: > At the moment 'Report a Problem' menu choice uses gzip, but the > dependancy could be removed. That would be good > If expr is really duplicated in the shell then we can remove it, I > know it is used by dhcp-client. expr can be rep

boot-floppies_3.0.14_i386.changes INSTALLED

2001-09-25 Thread Debian Installer
Installing: bf-images-1.20_3.0.14_i386.tar.gz byhand bf-archive-install_3.0.14_i386.sh byhand bf-common_3.0.14_i386.tar.gz byhand bf-misc_3.0.14_i386.tar.gz byhand bf-doc_3.0.14_i386.tar.gz byhand install-doc_3.0.14_i386.deb to pool/main/b/boot-floppies/install-doc_3.0.14_i386.deb bf-images-1.4

Fixed in NMU of boot-floppies 3.0.14

2001-09-25 Thread aph
tag 106201 + fixed tag 107598 + fixed tag 108103 + fixed tag 109925 + fixed tag 110255 + fixed tag 110710 + fixed tag 112569 + fixed tag 84388 + fixed quit This message was generated automatically in response to a non-maintainer upload. The .changes file follows. -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-

boot-floppies_3.0.14_powerpc.changes INSTALLED

2001-09-25 Thread Debian Installer
Installing: bf-doc_3.0.14_powerpc.tar.gz byhand bf-arch_3.0.14_powerpc.tar.gz byhand bf-misc_3.0.14_powerpc.tar.gz byhand boot-floppies_3.0.14_all.deb to pool/main/b/boot-floppies/boot-floppies_3.0.14_all.deb bf-archive-install_3.0.14_powerpc.sh byhand boot-floppies_3.0.14.dsc to pool/main/b/

Processed: Fixed in NMU of boot-floppies 3.0.14

2001-09-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > tag 106201 + fixed Bug#106201: Clearer instructions for driver-# floppies Tags added: fixed > tag 107598 + fixed Bug#107598: Boot floppy documentation on fdisk is missing Tags added: fixed > tag 108103 + fixed Bug#108103: boot-floppies: No tftp image

cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by aph

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Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:aph time: Tue Sep 25 12:09:15 PDT 2001 Log Message: my changes and one of Dave's Files: changed:changelog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cvs commit to boot-floppies by aph

2001-09-25 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies who:aph time: Tue Sep 25 12:09:00 PDT 2001 Log Message: s390 wasn't shipping images-1.44/drivers* for some reason, fixed (even it's useless, it was in the md5sum file) Files: changed:release.sh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

debian 2.2 on 386 7808KB?

2001-09-25 Thread christian
Hello, I have seen lowmem.bin by debian. Can I use it for deb 2.2 on a low memory AMD 386 40MHZ 7808KB ?? I have try with ROOT.BIN and RESCUE.BIN from the 2.2 French and LOWMEM.BIN 2.1 french by ftp but it failed when the rescue were asqued after partitions were made. Can I continue searc

Bug#84388: marked as done (Missing Keytable sg-latin1 in installation)

2001-09-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#109925: marked as done (bf-3.0.12/i386 keymap fr-latin0 broken)

2001-09-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#110710: marked as done (Copyright year needs update)

2001-09-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#112569: marked as done (packaging issues)

2001-09-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#110255: marked as done (correction for the Installation Manual)

2001-09-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#107598: marked as done (Boot floppy documentation on fdisk is missing)

2001-09-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#106201: marked as done (Clearer instructions for driver-# floppies)

2001-09-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#108103: marked as done (boot-floppies: No tftp images are provided for the i386 architecture)

2001-09-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Re: busybox still too bloated

2001-09-25 Thread Kjetil Torgrim Homme
Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > expr can be replaced with posix shell expressions. This is not true in general, as there is no support for regular expressions in POSIX sh. $ expr "abcdef" : '[ab]*\(.\).*' c Most of the time you can rewrite the code to use parameter substitution

Re: busybox still too bloated

2001-09-25 Thread Richard Hirst
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 11:09:02AM -0600, Erik Andersen wrote: > Right. I can't think of a good reason for ar to be included. echo dups a I think debootstrap uses ar when it is initially unpacking dpkg. Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

Re: busybox still too bloated

2001-09-25 Thread Erik Andersen
On Tue Sep 25, 2001 at 10:43:24PM +0100, Richard Hirst wrote: > On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 11:09:02AM -0600, Erik Andersen wrote: > > Right. I can't think of a good reason for ar to be included. echo dups a > > I think debootstrap uses ar when it is initially unpacking dpkg. Can anyone verify thi

Re: busybox still too bloated

2001-09-25 Thread Erik Andersen
On Tue Sep 25, 2001 at 11:37:55PM +0200, Kjetil Torgrim Homme wrote: > Most of the time you can rewrite the code to use parameter > substitution or the arithmetic builtins, so this is not a serious > objection, just a FYI. right. That was what I meant. Worst cast, you can pipe things through se

Re: busybox still too bloated

2001-09-25 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 12:04:28PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Also, what about busybox ash? Is that mature enough to use instead of > the proper ash package? Or did it have some problems? it ignores posix. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ PGP signature

Re: .config for boot-floppy-hfs.img

2001-09-25 Thread damsnet
On 11-Sep-2001 Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 03:45:37PM +0200, Damien Morel wrote: >> Hi, >> >> do some of you know where can I find the .config file used to >> generate the kernel on powerpc's boot-floppy-hfs.img >> (http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powe

next potato release ?

2001-09-25 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
Hi, I'd like to know if efforts should still be spent updating French documentation of potato. Our French team is quite reduced, and it'd be nice to know whether there'll be another release of potato or not. I don't care about the dates, just want to know if it'll happen. If that's not the case,

Re: busybox still too bloated

2001-09-25 Thread David Kimdon
Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 05:02:54PM -0600 wrote: > On Tue Sep 25, 2001 at 10:43:24PM +0100, Richard Hirst wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 11:09:02AM -0600, Erik Andersen wrote: > > > Right. I can't think of a good reason for ar to be included. echo dups a > > > > I think debootstrap uses ar when

Re: busybox still too bloated

2001-09-25 Thread Richard Hirst
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 05:02:54PM -0600, Erik Andersen wrote: > On Tue Sep 25, 2001 at 10:43:24PM +0100, Richard Hirst wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 11:09:02AM -0600, Erik Andersen wrote: > > > Right. I can't think of a good reason for ar to be included. echo dups a > > > > I think deboot

Re: busybox still too bloated

2001-09-25 Thread Erik Andersen
On Tue Sep 25, 2001 at 03:03:48PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 12:04:28PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > > Also, what about busybox ash? Is that mature enough to use instead of > > the proper ash package? Or did it have some problems? > > it ignores posix. posix also

Re: busybox still too bloated

2001-09-25 Thread Erik Andersen
On Tue Sep 25, 2001 at 03:13:17PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Erik, if you put a version together with all this removed, I can run > > an install and verify that things still work. > > Yes, lets test with the ifconfig, route, and ash from busybox. Then > we should have plenty of space for al

Re: .config for boot-floppy-hfs.img

2001-09-25 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 01:20:08AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On 11-Sep-2001 Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 03:45:37PM +0200, Damien Morel wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> do some of you know where can I find the .config file used to > >> generate the kernel on powerpc's

Re: next potato release ?

2001-09-25 Thread Chris Tillman
> Hi, > > I'd like to know if efforts should still be spent updating French documentation > of potato. Our French team is quite reduced, and it'd be nice to know whether > there'll be another release of potato or not. > > I don't care about the dates, just want to know if it'll happen. If that's

Re: busybox still too bloated

2001-09-25 Thread David Kimdon
I tried it out, we need to fix some stuff, but it is really nice to have command line editing and tab completion :-) I got up to install kernel and drivers, then failure. 1. no test 26 03:33:07 (none) user.info dbootstrap[53]: [: No such file or directory Is this suppose to be provided by ash, o

cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by cts

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Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:cts time: Tue Sep 25 21:15:50 PDT 2001 Log Message: m68k: removed mac-de-latin1-nodeadkeys Files: changed:changelog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cvs commit to boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap by cts

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bootdisk 3.0.14 i386 scrambled screen

2001-09-25 Thread Dan Shearer
On a fresh install (i386 notebook, PCMCIA works - yay) comes up with warning message "Creating empty exim.conf so exim installs okay". This is then messed up by messages starting from the end of the "continue" button: "Making /boot/boot.b a sym-link to boot-menu.b " continuing for a couple

Re: debian 2.2 on 386 7808KB?

2001-09-25 Thread David Kimdon
Hi, > I have seen lowmem.bin by debian. > Can I use it for deb 2.2 on a low memory > AMD 386 40MHZ 7808KB ?? > I have try with ROOT.BIN and RESCUE.BIN > from the 2.2 French > and LOWMEM.BIN 2.1 french by ftp > but it failed when the rescue were asqued > after partitions were made. Mixing

Re: debian 2.2 on 386 7808KB?

2001-09-25 Thread David
Well first of all, is that 386 an SX or DX? I have a 386 LC IBM PS/1 which Linux will NOT boot on. I know Slink will boot on low memory, because i have done so on a 486/SX 33 with 4 megs RAM and it ran even better with 8 megs. I might guess a Potato would boot on it too, but an unlike

Re: busybox still too bloated

2001-09-25 Thread Erik Andersen
On Tue Sep 25, 2001 at 08:44:34PM -0700, David Kimdon wrote: > I tried it out, we need to fix some stuff, but it is really nice to > have command line editing and tab completion :-) > > I got up to install kernel and drivers, then failure. > > 1. no test > 26 03:33:07 (none) user.info dbootstrap