From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j3MLTxwN027974 for ; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 21:29:59 GMT Received: from c-24-10-82-41.hsd1.ca.comcast.net ([24.10.82.41] helo=phaenix.haell.com) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DP5iM-0005Ss-Rv for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 21:29:30 +0000 Received: by phaenix.haell.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 508EA22490DE; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 14:29:58 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 14:29:58 -0700 From: Drake Wyrm To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] cleaning out 'bc' and 'ed' from system Message-ID: <20050422212958.GA21130@phaenix.haell.com> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org References: <200504211306.57424.vapier@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="6TrnltStXW4iwmi0" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200504211306.57424.vapier@gentoo.org> X-Arch: athlon_tbird-gentoo-linux-gnu X-Fnord: There is no conspiracy X-Fortune: I B M U B M We all B M For I B M!!!! -- H.A.R.L.I.E. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Archives-Salt: 3c7bee0a-b675-47de-836f-868006bae40a X-Archives-Hash: 4a1bc368b97bf623863040b0866e1a2b --6TrnltStXW4iwmi0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At 2005-04-21T13:06:57-0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > we've had 'bc' and 'ed' around for historical reasons and because > we've never actually tracked what packages invoke 'bc' or 'ed' in > their scripts >=20 > psm has looked into this and found that nothing else in a typical > `emerge system` requires these ... that means i'd like to prune them > and make package maintainers mention when their package needs these to > build/run While you're at it, get rid of nano, too. None of the packages *require* it, either. That would save almost 800k! Woo! --=20 Batou: Hey, Major... You ever hear of "human rights"? Kusanagi: I understand the concept, but I've never seen it in action. --Ghost in the Shell --6TrnltStXW4iwmi0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkJpbNYACgkQQWVmeKdhp/KTNQCggqBA9hr4jSXo1YjvqpGHMaKq /eIAmgO7LSXPbP37n5KHyU3bSoDf7bUk =0bno -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --6TrnltStXW4iwmi0-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list