Re: libgl1-mesa-dri size question

Hi,

On 6 January 2018 at 15:37,  <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, this is probably a stupid question but I am working with small embedded
> systems running Debian linux that are accessed by vnc clients.
>
> I noticed recently that for armhf:
>
> Jessie (10.3.2-1+deb8u1) is 7,701KB
>
> Stretch (13.0.6-1 and others) is 85,582KB documented; measures 101,810KB on
> one system (not sure of the version.)
>
> For Debian users that is at least a 77,001KB increase between Releases 8 and
> 9.

Have you checked that it really takes that much space? Looking at the
contents of the archives, I failed to see why that would be so. It
looks like a package manager bug to me that such a large size is
listed.

>
> For Intel powered towers and laptops, that probably isn’t a problem.
>
> For small embedded systems, it’s a fairly significant hit.
>
> So my question, from a user perspective (not a graphics application
> developer),
>
> Is there anything that I can do to reduce the install size hit?
>
> Thanks, Jon
>
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Regards,
Ruslan
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