J. Estes writes: > I normaly do exactly that. But that still leaves the user with 481 > MB of bloat in /usr/sfw , most of which is not required by the core > O/S. This does not include the enormous bloat of Gnome, either. If > OpenSSL is a requirement, the suggestion was made to move it to > /usr/lib, which is reasonable. Forcing the user to install /usr/sfw > with mysql, ImageMagick, and a host of other programs, including a > specific version of GCC and its libraries should _not_ be required > as part of the core O/S installation.
/usr/sfw isn't a single take-it-or-leave it lump of software, and we don't require those other things as part of the core OS. -- James Carlson, KISS Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
