On Wednesday 18 January 2012 21:23:47 Duncan wrote: > If people want > it, they can merge it, just like any other package. Really, the same > applies to busybox, and arguably, even to module-init-tools (and the more > recent replacement, kmod...), since that's not needed if people choose to > build all their drivers into the kernel.
not really. the # of people who build their kernel without module support is such a minority that they can suck it up and accept the additional dep, or simply use one of the many existing knobs in /etc/portage/ to disable it. busybox is there because we believe Gentoo should have a rescue shell installed for when the system/user eats things and needs recovery without resorting to a livecd. if you never make a mistake, then you're free to ignore it like anything else. -mike
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