On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 7:59 AM, Michael Torrie <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 12/04/2013 11:58 PM, Dan Egli wrote: > > I'm quite familiar with the differences between say, openldap-<version> > and > > openldap-libs-<version> and you're right that many were just the libs. > But > > if my memory is correct (I could be wrong!) openldap wasn't just the > -libs > > package required. Perhaps there wasn't a -libs package available to > whoever > > designed the RPM (whether it was designed by the Fedora maintainers or > > someone else), but my memory says I had to install openldap itself (the > > full package) to get courier's RPM happy. And the point wasn't having all > > these DMBS packages installed, but the fact that this was a very small > hard > > disk drive (< 4GB HDD if I recall, this WAS more than 12 years ago) so I > > had to REALLY prioritize what went on there, since it was a combo system > to > > be my home e-mail server plus my print/file server, plus the samba > server, > > plus the internet gateway. Those packages, just the libs and what ever > else > > was required, used a large chunk of my HDD that I could have used for > other > > purposes. > > Just to set your mind at ease, "openldap" contains the libraries, > "openldap-servers" contain the daemons (the server), and > "openldap-clients" contains the command-line binaries. So you can rest > easy knowing you never actually had OpenLDAP unnecessarily installed! :) > > And 2-4GB still sounds like a lot of disk space to me! A stock Fedora > system of that vintage, with everything you mention installed (minus the > GUI of course; this is a headless server after all) would be about 300 > MB. Granted, 300 MB for a basic system is still a lot of space (maybe > 70 MB of that is locale information). Of course, OpenWRT does the same > tasks with only about 8 MB of space, doing things more the way you > probably would (bare essential support libraries only, stripped). > > I would agree modern distros are getting quite bloated, as the kitchen > sink goes in permanently because someone expects it even if I don't need > one. But I live with it (mediocrity at its best). > A lot of people feel this way and there is a trend now where people are installing a minimal distribution. Check out http://coreos.com/ We will see most/all major distributions shipping a stripped down version of their offering with just the essentials in the next 18 months. -- gs > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
