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List:       nix-dev
Subject:    [Nix-dev] [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - r34197 - in nixpkgs/trunk/pkgs: misc/busybox top-level
From:       nicolas.b.pierron () gmail ! com (Nicolas Pierron)
Date:       2012-05-24 6:18:53
Message-ID: CAG1v4pczizATp-6Jxf_XXY-BWzu85v6Gk5PF1DSvH0+NB-CyHQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hi Eelco,

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra at tudelft.nl> wrote:
> * By default, build a dynamically linked Busybox. ?In the initrd we
> ?need Glibc anyway, so there is no point in static linking. ?This
> ?saves about a megabyte from the initrd.

Just to comment, my guess is that busybox was statically build for the
bootstrap tools.  It does not matter much since we can override the
configuration.

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Nicolas Pierron
http://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolasbpierron - http://nbp.name/

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