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Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> posted |
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200801280723.19003.vapier@g.o, excerpted below, on Mon, 28 Jan |
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2008 07:23:18 -0500: |
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> current debianutils is part of "system" and provides: |
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> - installkernel |
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> - mkboot |
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> do people consider these things critical ? i dont know the last time i |
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> personally needed/wanted any of these ... |
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Mainstream kernel's default make install uses /sbin/installkernel if it |
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exists, so I've been using it, invoking the kernel's make install from my |
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own kernel scripts. installkernel invokes mkboot... |
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I'd guess the others are equally likely to be invoked in various custom |
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scripts people have, figuring it's safe to depend on stuff in system. Of |
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course, if they have custom scripts already, they can easily implement |
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the additional customization, or simply add debianutils to their world |
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file, given time... |
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At minimum, I'd say make the usual BIG WARNING NOISES in the usual |
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places, and probably still expect complaints. It may still be worth |
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doing to cut down on system size... or not, depending on where the system |
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size vs. inevitable complaints comes down. (FWIW, it's precisely this |
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sort of early warning that's a big reason I read this group. One would |
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think such early warnings would be even /more/ important to those running |
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production systems on Gentoo, but...) |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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