Re: LFS meets goals AND constraints?

LM wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 11:26 AM, Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I hadn't asked asked quite the "right" question ;/
>> A better question might have been "What makes a minimal system?" A
>> definitive answer is unlikely. A comparison of packages that Debian labels
>> as "Essential &/or required", Slackware tags as "A", the order in which
>> Linux From Scratch builds will likely point in a valuable direction.
>
> A system like this is supposed to be a minimal system that could still
> bootstrap:
> http://landley.net/aboriginal/about.html

A useful reference point. My minimal system would be smaller as I 
don't have the "capable of compiling itself" constraint.

>
> You can check here for links to lightweight alternative libraries and programs:
> http://wiki.musl-libc.org/wiki/Alternative_libraries
>
> If you check some of the uclibc or musl based distributions, many are
> fairly minimal and will give you an idea of what basics you need in a
> system.
>



-- 
http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-chat
FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html
Unsubscribe: See the above information page