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On 02/23/2017 09:03 AM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: |
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> On Thu, 2017-02-23 at 07:52 -0800, Brian Dolbec wrote: |
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>> On Thu, 23 Feb 2017 11:53:15 +0000 |
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>> Joakim Tjernlund <Joakim.Tjernlund@××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> On Thu, 2017-02-23 at 02:52 -0800, Zac Medico wrote: |
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>>>> Support -* in order to make it easier to create profiles for |
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>>>> minimal systems (especially those built entirely from binary |
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>>>> packages). |
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>>> Would be nice, but I don't get what the "packages" file is? |
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>> That would be the 'packages' file (list of required packages)that are |
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>> required for that specific profile. This patch would allow to |
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>> override that packages file to build an image that only contained the |
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>> minimum runtime pkgs required to perform the tasks it is suppose to. |
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>> The idea being you would not need gcc, automake, ... or even portage or |
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>> possibly python. The built image could of course be considered more |
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>> secure not having a compiler, etc... not to mention smaller. |
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> Many of the packages files in /usr/portage/profiles already contain -* so |
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> I guess this must be another packages file? |
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> in /etc/portage or possibly /usr/portage/packges/ ? |
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> Jocke |
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Here's an example: |
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https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/profiles/base/packages |
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Files like that define the @system set. |
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Thanks, |
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Zac |
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