Gentoo Archives: gentoo-releng

From: "M. J. Everitt" <m.j.everitt@×××.org>
To: gentoo-releng@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-releng] [PATCH] specs: add usbutils (& pciutils explicitly) to amd64/x86 installcds
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 17:13:32
Message-Id: 2d6ae08b-f437-601b-dde6-5e32ccff468f@iee.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-releng] [PATCH] specs: add usbutils (& pciutils explicitly) to amd64/x86 installcds by Ben Kohler
1 On 29/06/18 17:22, Ben Kohler wrote:
2 > We have needed usbutils on our installcds for a long time.  This is
3 > very useful to get usb networking & other hardware up early in the
4 > install procedure.
5 >
6 > I have added that and also pciutils, which we currently get via a
7 > dependency of another package.  New installers use pciutils very often
8 > so we wouldn't want to accidentally lose this package.
9 >
10 > I have only staged the change for the main x86/amd64 installcds but it
11 > could be applied to admincds as well.
12 >
13 > -Ben
14 Definitely a +1 from me .. these are referred to in the Handbook so it
15 makes sense to have them readily available.
16 Cheers,
17 Michael.

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