From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <320095285153-0001@t-online.de> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_24_48, DMARC_MISSING,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM, FROM_LOCAL_DIGITS,FROM_LOCAL_HEX,FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS,INVALID_DATE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mailout00.sul.t-online.com (mailout00.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.16]) by cvs.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 122E74EDBC for ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 17:00:15 -0700 (MST) Received: from fwd03.sul.t-online.com by mailout00.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 14LZqg-0001mx-00; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 01:01:10 +0100 Received: from helios.bagwan (320095285153-0001@[62.155.143.171]) by fwd03.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 14LZqW-0kPxrcC; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 01:01:00 +0100 Received: (qmail 3125 invoked by uid 0); 25 Jan 2001 02:42:14 -0000 Received: from sadchitananda2.bagwan (HELO gottinger.de) (achim@192.168.2.1) by helios.bagwan with SMTP; 25 Jan 2001 02:42:14 -0000 Message-ID: <3A6F662C.5C50D397@gottinger.de> From: 320095285153-0001@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.14 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] odds and ends References: <20010124152904.B3615@cvs.gentoo.org> <20010124224353.D29166@tsuny.ctn.cogs.susx.ac.uk> <3A6F60ED.CD9098C3@gottinger.de> <20010124164313.C4078@cvs.gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Sender: 320095285153-0001@t-dialin.net Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Reply-To: achim@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Wed Jan 24 17:01:01 2001 X-Original-Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 00:33:00 +0100 X-Archives-Salt: 78b81cc0-2350-4acf-a395-e1e096fea64b X-Archives-Hash: 9d89166848a500747768695183686e97 drobbins@gentoo.org wrote: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 12:10:38AM +0100, Achim Gottinger wrote: > > > Hmm, maybe we should introduce a new USE flag to trigger build of packages with only > > the really neccesary stuff. > > I think an easier way would be to create a "sys-strip" script which would do things like: > > rm -rf /usr/doc > rm -rf /usr/info, > etc. Hmm, I would use this flag for things like build glibc without support for all locales, building ncurses without c++ extension and without static libs, remove unneccesary binaries from util-linux... But this is a post 1.0 idea and it could be combined with linking agains dietlibc or possibly a shared dietlibc. > > > I don't think many people will need this functionality, and I'd rather not > complicate our existing ebuilds just to allow the creation of a 100Mb Gentoo > Linux system. I just bought a 45Gb IBM hard drive for about $130 about a month > ago... and there are plenty of used 2-6Gb drives that people are willing to > give away these days. True but linux helps us protecting our enviroment by reducing the amount of pc-scrap. :-) My 486SX/25 system is still fast enogh for my DSL internet connection and running qmail. (squid was terribly slow :-) ) > > > I think reducing the footprint of Gentoo Linux *may* become a priority if we > can link some things to a minimal libc, reducing the executable footprint and > allowing more code to reside in the CPU cache. This is a performance issue > rather than a pure storage issue, however. I'd be supportive of a special USE > variable to enable a tiny libc. :) Take a look at this http://www.fefe.de/embutils/ > > > > Best Regards, > > -- > Daniel Robbins > President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org > Gentoo Technologies, Inc. > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://www.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev