Glenn, et al, There's perlcc, also. I advise checking it out. Be sure to `ldd' it; if it links against some perl .so or another, there may be a problem, but at least you don't have to include the interpreter in Essential in this case.
Regards, Alex. --- PGP/GPG Fingerprint: EFD1 AC6C 7ED5 E453 C367 AC7A B474 16E0 758D 7ED9 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS/CM>CC/IT d- s:+ a16 C++(++++)>$ UL++++>$ P--- L++>++$ E+ W+(-) N+ o? K? w---() !O !M !V PS+(++)>+ PE-(--) Y+>+ PGP t+>++ !5 X-- R>++ tv(+) b+(++) DI(+) D++ G>+++ e--> h! !r y>+++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Glenn McGrath wrote: > >From my count there are 24 essential binaries, totalling 6550kB of > linux-i386 debs. > > Perl-base is one of them at 840kB, ~13% of total essential size. > > I just unpacked all the essential binaries except perl, did "grep perl > -r *" and found the following depend on perl > > debianutils: mkboot > dpkg: mksplit > dpkg: setup > dpkg: install > dpkg: update-rc.d > dpkg: update-alternatives > dpkg: install-info > dpkg: dpkg-devert > dpkg: dpkg-stateoverride > dpkg: cleanup-info > util-linux: checkdupexe > > find . -name "*pm" didnt find anything. > > (any other test i should have done ?) > > Would it be a good long term goal to remove perl from Esssential and > rewrite these scripts for a posix compliant shell or in c. > > Im dont know much about perl or these scripts, but im good with c and ok > with sh scripts, if i did work on non-perl replacements would they be > welcome ? > > > Glenn > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
