On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 10:34:06PM +0100, Wookey wrote: >On 2007-05-07 21:55 +0100, Neil Williams wrote: >> I wrote a little script to try to calculate any missing dependencies, >> add up the download and installation sizes and compare with Debian. >> These are the results (with a few comments): >> > >> Using Debian versions (without accounting for any extra dependencies >> that the Debian packages would require): >> Debian Install total=30Mb >> Debian Download total=10Mb >> >> Our versions (with libgcc1 and libstdc++6 to make an installable set): >> Emdebian Install total=15Mb >> Emdebian Download total=5Mb >> (the majority of that is libc6) >> >> To be able to install the packages from Debian, this set is necessary: >> busybox base-files cdebconf dpkg apt libstdc++6 libc6 base-passwd >> initscripts login module-init-tools passwd sysvinit sysv-rc libgcc1 >> libpopt0 libgcc1 gcc-4.1-base mount libselinux1 awk lsb-base >> libpam-modules libpam0g coreutils debian-archive-keyring libatk1.0-0 >> libcap1 gnupg libldap2 libdb4.3 libusb-0.1-4 libgnutls13 gpgv >> libgcrypt11 makedev libgpg-error0 liblzo1 >> >> Those would bump the set up to: >> Debian Install total=47Mb >> Debian Download total=17Mb >> >> vs >> Emdebian Install total=15Mb >> Emdebian Download total=5Mb >> >> So, overall, almost a 33% reduction. > >That's actually a 68% reduction. The size is 32% of the old size. :-) > >And in fact, can you actually make a busybox-based debian rootfs in >practice - I don't think the dependencies will allow it?
My usual comfortable rootfs (without a compiler, though), is about 5Mb, i fear that the dependencies would make this considerably bigger. mount, makedev awk, login, dpkg, coreutils, passwd sound a little bit redundant since busybox is supposed to be able to replace all of them, just to comment a few from the list mentioned above. I'm curious about the reason these packages (still) need to be installed? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
