On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 19:26 +0800, John Summerfield wrote:
> I browsed the comps file and decided @base does it.
> 
> The 317 packages selection was jaw-dropping. Why are these in the base?
> tcpdump
> NIS stuff
> bluetooth stuff
> smartcard stuff
> autofs
> libjpeg
> hesiod
> xorg-x11-filesystem
> dosfstools
> libX11
> libXrender
> libXfixes
> libXrandr
> cups-libs
> 
> and many others.
> 
> I thought the idea of a minimal system was just enough to boot, maybe 
> start a network, and tools to install more.
> 
I think the minimal system still includes the lsb dependencies so there
may be things loaded that you wouldn't normally need in a bare bones
install.

Even so, I could never work out why the bluetooth stuff was always
included...

-- 
Karl Latiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Atvert Systems

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