On Thu, Oct 08, 2026 at 13:15:28 +0000, [email protected] wrote: > $apt purge --dry-run busybox > NOTE: This is only a simulation! > apt needs root privileges for real execution. > Keep also in mind that locking is deactivated, > so don't depend on the relevance to the real current situation! > > REMOVING: > busybox* > > Summary: > Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 1, Not Upgrading: 0 > Purg busybox [1:1.37.0-6+b9] > > > See not installed by any dependency. Hence the original question why ship it > by default?
hobbit:~$ lsinitramfs /boot/initrd.img-6.12.111+deb13-amd64 | grep busy usr/bin/busybox It's part of the initramfs that's created by the kernel infrastructure. Removing it would probably leave your future initrd.img* files without a functioning shell. Feel free to test this and report the results, but be aware of the possibility of not being able to boot (keep an old kernel+initrd on hand to revert to if needed).
