Re: [gentoo-dev] dev-utils

drobbins@g.o wrote:
>
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 08:54:42AM +0100, Achim Gottinger wrote:
>
> > sys-apps will no longer be there once we switched to profiles.
> > We used the sys categories only for packages that we used for our
> > minimum runtime system.
> > All dependencies assume that all sys packages are installed.
> > We change this now. I'm currently reworking dependencies so they assume
> > all packages from sys-build are installed.
> > (bad english).
> > There is a list in the cvs tree called current-packages.build. All
> > packges required for a minimum build system are
> > listed there. (not all are commited, I'm still testing).
> > I will upload a build-tarball in the next days.
>
> Achim, I agree with everything you said except for one thing... I think
> we should keep the sys-categories, but they should be like any other
> category.  There's a definite need for sys-apps, sys-kernel and sys-libs;
> however, sys-devel can disappear with no problem.
>
> sys-apps: "system applications and tools (hardware/network configuration, etc.)"
> sys-kernel: kernels
> sys-libs: essential (or nearly essential) libraries.  glibc would go here, as
>         would readline, as I don't see another good place for it.

True but stuff like gzip/bzip and others can move to other locations.
I personaly think that dev-libs whould be a good place for sys-libs
stuff.

BTW: The next gen gentoo can be readline free if someone really want's
that.
(bash comes with his own readline)

achim~

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