Re: [gentoo-dev] Opinion against /usr merge

[Walter Dnes]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 08:27:29PM +0200, Micha?? G??rny wrote
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:35:02 -0400
> "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
>
> >   3. More support for mdev; e.g.  https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Mdev
> > and (still in beta) https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Mdev/Automount_USB
> > The next challenge is "custom mdev rules", which should be do-able.
>
> I don't think we should give more support to building a system from
> a statically linked rescue suite tool.

  Busybox is a well-supported lightweight replacement for udev and most
of coreutils, and also happens to double up as a rescue tool.  See my
reply to Jason A. Donenfeld for more.  BTW, "static" is an optional USE
flag for busybox.

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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>