> These tools are very basic functionality at the core of any *nix or > look-alike OS. This is not only for developers but also for users > trying to figure a problem or an admin asking a user to perform > a step if he faces a problem. For eg. how do we look at exported > symbols without nm. If a user tomorrow reports a problem with > the Slim LiveCD and we want him to perform some basic debugging > lack of these tools will limit options. We shouldn't be limiting > observability in trying to keep the package list reduced. > BTW the livekit itself will not function without this package since it > also contains tsort among other things.
I agree that nm, dump and elfdump might be useful in these sorts of situations although most of the package really is tilted towards developers. However, since it's so small (and I think there might be other consumers of tsort) I'm OK with adding this one back in. dsc
