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> On 9 Sep 2021, at 20:47, Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote: |
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> busybox[static] was added to @system as a system recovery tool. |
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> If the system is in such a state that a static shell is needed for |
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> recovery, it is likely that remote access is also broken, and the |
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> sysadmin will need to log into a console. At that point, they could boot |
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> from recovery media anyway. |
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Indeed, @system is for essential tools, and busybox isn't one of them. |
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It's a choice. Maybe folks prefer toybox. |
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> Also, stage3 tarballs are often used to build containers, where having |
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> a recovery tool installed is completely pointless. |
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Please tag Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/750920 in the commits (ideally all |
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so no context is lost for future references). |
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> Signed-off-by: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> |
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> profiles/default/linux/packages | 3 +-- |
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> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) |
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best, |
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sam |
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