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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: removing dhcpcd from system???
From:       Mike Frysinger <vapier () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2004-10-01 0:15:36
Message-ID: 200409302015.36589.vapier () gentoo ! org
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On Thursday 30 September 2004 07:51 pm, Jason Rhinelander wrote:
> sys-apps/ed # I don't want it

it's used for scripting in packages

> sys-apps/findutils # Perhaps I prefer to use find2perl instead

many system/portage things use find

> sys-apps/kbd # I don't want or need this

umm i hope you're a en/US user cause otherwise you're going to have change 
your keyboard mapping (but in your world, you'd be screwed)

> sys-apps/which # Nice, but is it necessary?
> sys-devel/bc # Again, nice, but not necessary

same thing as ed/findutils ... baselayout/portage/scripting

> sys-fs/e2fsprogs # I don't use ext2/3

it provides fsck/mkfs, not *JUST* ext2 utils; also sash needs it and sash is 
in our system by policy (our static recovery shell)

i realize you're not serious, but many of those packages are critical and 
people may not realize it :)
-mike

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