David.Comay at Sun.COM wrote: >> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/Slim_Install/slim_annoucememts/ >> > > There are a number of packages on the revised list which seem eligible > to be moved to the repository. Most of these are servers of some sort > and it's not clear how useful they are from the Live CD context > (although I could imagine some creative uses of the NFS server in this > case). Anyway, here's the list as I see it > > SUNWbsr Boot Server daemons (Root) > SUNWbsu Boot Server daemons (Usr) > > Legacy network boot servers. >
Agreed. > SUNWbtool CCS tools bundled with SunOS > > Tools used for development; since we're not including other > such tools... > I wondered if IPS would need elfdump, though. > SUNWcnsr Common Network Services (Root): time, daytime, echo, discard, > SUNWcnsu Common Network Services (Usr): time, daytime, echo, discard, > > Trivial network services that seem to add new value in the live > context. > Agreed. > SUNWftpr FTP Server, (Root) > SUNWftpu FTP Server, (Usr) > > I can understand the FTP client but not the server. > I don't think it's useful to cut off all the basic communication paths. What if you're faced with moving data from some other system which has an ftp client but not a server? Yeah, you might have a repository you can reach, but I don't think the cost justifies it; it's 180K or so. > SUNWlibmr Math Library Lint Files (Root) > > Package contains only lint libraries. > Agreed. > SUNWnfsskr Network File System (NFS) server kernel support (Root) > SUNWnfssr Network File System (NFS) server support (Root) > SUNWnfssu Network File System (NFS) server support (Usr) > > NFS client support, definitely; NFS server in the live context, > I'd like to hear about some use cases. > I'll go along with that; I don't presently have a use case which demands NFS service. > SUNWsshdr SSH Server, (Root) > SUNWsshdu SSH Server, (Usr) > > How often do people SSH into a system booted off a live CD? > At 250K, I look at this the same way as ftp or telnet (see other mail). Dave
