If you really need all that extra stuff (why would you need bunzip on a production box?), "dpkg --set-selections and dpkg --get-selections can speed things up. If you need more control look at puppet or chef.
I thought dhclient (the isc dhcp-client) was default? On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Adrian Reyer <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 07:13:37PM +0200, Teco Boot wrote: >> The problem is my install & maintenance scripts need these tools. >> bzip2 is a no-brainer. How to load a tar.bz2 voyage image with default >> voyage? > > Probably no .bz2 at all. But as said, I don't care to much about that > part. > >> >> ifplugd >> > I certainly don't want to have that ona default install box. >> > A ifplugd replacement that keeps dhcpclient doing its job would be OK. >> Do you use dhcp? How? > > Calling 'pump' manually for one-shot stuff? > Adding > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > to /etc/network/interfaces for permanent dhcp? > I am not aware I ever had to add packages to be able to do DHCP on a > voyage linux box. > >> You could start from scratch :-) >> The nice thing about Voyage is that it a more or less complete Debian, >> with updates so it can run on embedded systems. If you want something >> small, why not pick a tiny distribution, like OpenWRT? > > I hope you are not to serious there. I use voyage exactly because it is > based on Debian and enables me to use CF cards in a not-so-destructive > manner. Debian is bloated for a minimal system already, no need to add > more things. You can perfectly select a matching task if you want more > than a minimal system, Debian makes these things easy, especially > because of a mostly carefully crafted dependency management. > I know OpenWRT and it is not suitable for a longterm production system. > No/rare updates and bad dependencies. > > Regards, > Adrian > -- > LiHAS - Adrian Reyer - Hessenwiesenstraße 10 - D-70565 Stuttgart > Fon: +49 (7 11) 78 28 50 90 - Fax: +49 (7 11) 78 28 50 91 > Mail: [email protected] - Web: http://lihas.de > Linux, Netzwerke, Consulting & Support - USt-ID: DE 227 816 626 Stuttgart > > _______________________________________________ > Voyage-linux mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux > _______________________________________________ Voyage-linux mailing list [email protected] http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux
