On 6/30/07, Moinak Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Josh Hurst wrote:
> On 6/30/07, Doug Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Glynn Foster wrote:
>> > Doug Scott wrote:
>> >
>> >> Back to the Java front. I think that it would be a mistake not to
>> >> include the jre in the base, though the jre size on Solaris does
>> concern
>> >> me.
>> >>
>> >> Doug
>> >>
>> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> du -hs /usr/jdk/jdk1.6.0/jre
>> >> 124M /usr/jdk/jdk1.6.0/jre
>> >>
>> >
>> > That's certainly a large compromise if we did want to include it.
>> >
>> >
>> > Glynn
>> >
>> Perl is not cheap either.... Though as some Solaris services use perl it
>> could not be removed from the base.
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> du -hs /usr/perl5
>> 60M /usr/perl5
>
> Is Perl needed for an end user distribution? The few Perl scripts
> could be ported to ksh93, saving 60M
A few things in ON depend on Perl like the SMF service
svc:/system/intrd:default,
the /usr/bin/kstat utility etc. It is essential.
Is there a complete list what is essential and depends on Perl?
Josh
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