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From: Devdas Bhagat <dvb@×××××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Base system requirements
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 13:13:54
Message-Id: 20030824184147.B31154@evita.devdas.geek
1 Heres a rough list to begin with:
2
3 Known stable kernel
4 One Bourne compatible shell
5 libc (glibc/dietlibc/uclibc/...., glibc preferred)
6 Anything that supports connecting to a network (dhcpcd, route, ifconfig,
7 pppoe, pppd).
8 Python (for emerge)
9 ssh
10 rsync
11 cvs
12 filesystem utils
13 package utils (tar, bzip2, gzip, md5sum, gpg)
14 manuals (man/info pages)
15
16 Enabled by default, but optionally rejectable:
17 C/C++ compiler
18 Perl
19 sshd
20 One MTA (Postfix preferred/Exim as a second choice for the default MTA).
21 a browser (lynx/links)
22 uuencode/uudecode
23
24 Devdas Bhagat
25
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Base system requirements Troy Dack <tad@g.o>