> 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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