On 27/09/2011 22:35, Ken Moffat wrote: > With respect, Matt, it's the glib2 part that is bloat. I remember > some discussion, but I forget why we did it
pkg-config upstream, as of 0.26, removed the internal Glib-1 that it used to bundle, therefore forcing us to install a system-wide copy and all of its dependencies. Now, if Glib had a modular configuration, and if pkg-config documented which modules it needed, and if those modules didn't need pcre/libffi/python, then that would be wonderful; we could just install the subset of Glib2 we require, and advise folks to install the full Glib2 package in BLFS. This is frustrating. As you say, it's Glib that's causing the bloat, and ultimately, what pkg-config provides is useful functionality for a base system. Regards, Matt. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
