Hi, For the moment, I still use bering glibc based. but I want to upgrade to bering-uclibc. ( without glibc compat ) as soon as a can gather all binaries needed. ( I tried once and couldn't manage to code a decent .mk .... ( upnp, squid)
I think that the concept ( .LRP, ramdisk,...) cd boot + config files, is great even for something than a "leaf", eg: one purpose server ( dns, web, mail server with wirus scanner, proxy cache, vpn server...). most of those uses need some kind of permanent storage and some others need some swap. I understand your concerns about space, ... I would be satisfied to have a dedicated .lrp with those small progs ( they might be added to the hdsupp package, next to the fsck.* progs) Thanks for you fast answer, kind regards, Etienne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Spakman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Etienne Charlier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 9:23 PM Subject: Re: [leaf-devel] could Swapon/off be included in the next release of bering uclibc > Hello Ettiene, > > The reason that the swapon/off applets were removed from busybox is > that Bering(-uClibc) is designed as an embedded distro running from > RAM, so no swapon/off is needed or used. The necessary scripts are > also removed from etc.lrp. Adding them will add size, without being > functional for the base image. > > Bering-uClibc has indeed more space left on the floppy, but we like > to save as much space as possible to have room for future > enhancements or changes, like f.e. a kernel-2.6 upgrade. Or to give > people the possibility to put as much packages/functionality as > possible on just one floppy. So our goal will always be to make > things as small as possible (that was the first reason to use uClibc > instead of glibc) > > But why not use the "real" swapon/off binaries from RH? You use the > glibc compatibility package, so that should work. If there is lot of > demand we can always make a "swap.lrp" package with the programs > compiled against uClibc (or you can provide a package yourself, hint > ;) > > Regards, > Eric Spakman > Member of the Bering-uClibc team > > > Dear bering uclibc dev team ;-) > > > > swapon/off disappeard from busybox somewhere between dachstein and bering... > > > > I used to use an heavily modified bering release ( glibc2.2,...) ( cdrom > > boot, openvpn, upnp,...) > > I used the squid binary from a redhat 7.3 distro > > > > I had to put an old version of busybox ( dachstein ) plus a couple of links > > into local.lrp in order to be able to activate swap > > I think that those applets have been removed from Bering due to the lack of > > space on the standard floppy > > > > Now that > > - bering uclibc has more space left on the floppy, > > - some squid related work has started in buildtool > > > > > > could it be possible to add back those 2 applets to busybox ??? > > > > ( my old busybox from dachstein won't work on uclibc) > > > > > > Many thanks for your hard work !! > > Kind regards > > Etienne Charlier > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g > > Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. > > Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. > > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click > > > > _______________________________________________ > > leaf-devel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
