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On Wednesday 18 January 2012 21:23:47 Duncan wrote: |
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> If people want |
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> it, they can merge it, just like any other package. Really, the same |
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> applies to busybox, and arguably, even to module-init-tools (and the more |
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> recent replacement, kmod...), since that's not needed if people choose to |
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> build all their drivers into the kernel. |
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not really. the # of people who build their kernel without module support is |
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such a minority that they can suck it up and accept the additional dep, or |
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simply use one of the many existing knobs in /etc/portage/ to disable it. |
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busybox is there because we believe Gentoo should have a rescue shell |
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installed for when the system/user eats things and needs recovery without |
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resorting to a livecd. if you never make a mistake, then you're free to |
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ignore it like anything else. |
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-mike |
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