On 7/12/07, Dan Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 7/12/07, Lieven De Keyzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > So, since LFS does not contain a package that installs reiserfsck,
> > would it really be that strange to not install e2fsprogs ? (except for
> > the fact that other applications might need the library, as already
> > pointed out by Dan)
>
> It would seem that way, but e2fsprogs provides more general utilities
> than you'd think. xfsprogs depends on them, too. Also, you should be
> aware that if you plan on using the BLFS book, it is implied that
> you've installed all the packages from LFS. That prevents things like
> this from happening.
>
Actually, I'm planning to install all software not needed for booting,
restoring etc. in /usr/pkg by using NetBSD's package framework,
pkgsrc. So I'm trying to make my base system as minimal as possible.
Since I'm doing this for personal educational purposes, I'm sure I
will make more mistakes like this. :)
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