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 _______________________________________________ rhelv5-beta-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-beta-list
