> On 9 Sep 2021, at 20:47, Mike Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> busybox[static] was added to @system as a system recovery tool.
> 
> If the system is in such a state that a static shell is needed for
> recovery, it is likely that remote access is also broken, and the
> sysadmin will need to log into a console. At that point, they could boot
> from recovery media anyway.
> 

Indeed, @system is for essential tools, and busybox isn't one of them.

It's a choice. Maybe folks prefer toybox.

> Also, stage3 tarballs are often used to build containers, where having
> a recovery tool installed is completely pointless.
> 

Please tag Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/750920 in the commits (ideally all
so no context is lost for future references).

> Signed-off-by: Mike Gilbert <[email protected]>
> ---
> profiles/default/linux/packages | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

best,
sam

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