From: "M. J. Everitt" <m.j.everitt@iee.org>
To: gentoo-releng@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-releng] [PATCH] specs: add usbutils (& pciutils explicitly) to amd64/x86 installcds
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 18:13:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2d6ae08b-f437-601b-dde6-5e32ccff468f@iee.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <06f4d044-cf12-7651-daba-f986924d7624@gentoo.org>
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On 29/06/18 17:22, Ben Kohler wrote:
> We have needed usbutils on our installcds for a long time. This is
> very useful to get usb networking & other hardware up early in the
> install procedure.
>
> I have added that and also pciutils, which we currently get via a
> dependency of another package. New installers use pciutils very often
> so we wouldn't want to accidentally lose this package.
>
> I have only staged the change for the main x86/amd64 installcds but it
> could be applied to admincds as well.
>
> -Ben
Definitely a +1 from me .. these are referred to in the Handbook so it
makes sense to have them readily available.
Cheers,
Michael.
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2018-06-29 16:22 [gentoo-releng] [PATCH] specs: add usbutils (& pciutils explicitly) to amd64/x86 installcds Ben Kohler
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