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List:       busybox
Subject:    Re: [PATCH 1/1] correct `find' invocation in gen_build_files.sh
From:       Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek () gmail ! com>
Date:       2014-01-20 17:23:05
Message-ID: CA+icZUWYRKfTVPLA_gMJvy4Ngj+vWpfhPt-1s2iabkbm85CGyQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 6:19 PM, Harald Becker <ralda@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi !
>
>>> bbox's find does support "-not" - you need to enable DESKTOP
>>> in .config.
>>
>>Why?
>
> The idea behind this was space saving on none desktop version
> (e.g. initramfs versions of Busybox). The base syntax of find was
> the explation mark for the NOT operation. So any extra syntax
> needs extra space, which shall only be included on full desktop
> version of BB. Through the time more people tend to use the
> alternate syntax, the "-not" notation. So it tends more to be the
> standard to have this notation.
>
> IMO we should disable the desktop feature dependency on the "-not"
> in find and include it in all versions of BB.
>

You have some numbers how bb-binary grows when enabling DESKTOP in dot-config?
How many bytes more has bb-binary when find "-not" feature is builtin?
I guess not that much :-).

IOW, I agree with you.

- Sedat -
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