From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QaAyk-0001Qi-Hh for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:19:42 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B3C8E1C025; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:16:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (unknown [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71F801C025 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:16:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [209.85.215.181] (helo=mail-ey0-f181.google.com) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qa9yK-001apQ-Hj for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:15:12 +0700 Received: by eyh5 with SMTP id 5so1150784eyh.40 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:14:46 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.27.200 with SMTP id e48mr1641280eea.125.1308935686459; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:14:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.189.12 with HTTP; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:14:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <87aad8avnj.fsf@newsguy.com> Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:14:46 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] about the minimal install isos From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 1995b13552101fd83d9b3f4a71d646c7 On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 18:37, Stroller 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, --=20 Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ Visit my Blog: http://pepoluan.posterous.com Google Talk:=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 pepoluan Y! messenger: pepoluan MSN / Live:=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 pepoluan@hotmail.com (do not send= email here) Skype:=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 pe= poluan