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On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 12:10:38AM +0100, Achim Gottinger wrote: |
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> Hmm, maybe we should introduce a new USE flag to trigger build of packages with only |
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> the really neccesary stuff. |
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I think an easier way would be to create a "sys-strip" script which would do things like: |
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rm -rf /usr/doc |
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rm -rf /usr/info, |
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etc. |
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I don't think many people will need this functionality, and I'd rather not |
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complicate our existing ebuilds just to allow the creation of a 100Mb Gentoo |
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Linux system. I just bought a 45Gb IBM hard drive for about $130 about a month |
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ago... and there are plenty of used 2-6Gb drives that people are willing to |
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give away these days. |
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I think reducing the footprint of Gentoo Linux *may* become a priority if we |
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can link some things to a minimal libc, reducing the executable footprint and |
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allowing more code to reside in the CPU cache. This is a performance issue |
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rather than a pure storage issue, however. I'd be supportive of a special USE |
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variable to enable a tiny libc. :) |
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Best Regards, |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |
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