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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] about the minimal install isos
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On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 18:37, Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wr=
ote:
>
> On 24 June 2011, at 02:02, Harry Putnam wrote:
>
>> I just happened to run into a situation where rsync would have been
>> really handy to have on board while booting a minimal install iso.
>>
>> I was surprised to find rsync was not amongst the onboard tools.
>>
>> Isn't rsync a pretty basic tool to be missing from a bootable install
>> disc?
>
> The goal of the minimal install CDs is to make them small. I don't know h=
ow large they are now, but there used to be debate (regularly, IIRC, on gen=
too-dev) about including vi or vim. I think at that time the minimal CD was=
down to about 22meg, and there was no way vim would be included due to its=
"excessive" size (I think with deps it maybe ran to as much as 40meg).
>
> I haven't used Gentoo's install CDs in years. I think there may have even=
been a period during which they weren't produced or supported. If I'm inst=
alling a Gentoo system I now always use SystemRescueCD. I would imagine tha=
t would have rsync on it.
>
> Stroller.
>
While we're at it...
I'll vote for `joe`.
And `tmux`.
Rgds,
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