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> Possibly there should be a "tradunix" ebuild that pulls in all the |
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> traditional Unix stuff as dependencies (and is otherwise empty), and |
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> similarly for other sets of things people hold dear, just to act as |
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> macros when you're setting up a system. |
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I think this is a spectacular idea. The push towards cleaning out |
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unneccessary things from system is correct, and should not be halted, |
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but a sysadmin new to gentoo who wants to have the "standard UNIX |
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tools" readily available shouldn't have to figure out what's missing |
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and what's not. To this end a "tradunix" or somesuch metaebuild that |
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pulls in bc, ed, etc., as well as possibly some less traditional but |
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very UNIX-y things that should be on more systems (like nc and lsof) |
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would be excellent. Of course, what should be included in this |
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metaebuild is an open question subject to debate, but that can be |
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hashed out later and changed when necessary -- but just having it |
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exist would be a good start. |
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Athul |
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