util-linux missing from build root

seth vidal skvidal at fedoraproject.org
Thu Aug 30 13:04:52 UTC 2007


On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 11:34 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:35:43 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> 
> > > Then substitute the examples with glibc, libstdc++, binutils, cpp,
> > > file, grep, mktemp, util-linux, ... you get the idea.
> > 
> > The key to get this usable would be to use a _list of applications and
> > libraries_ and keep this _list constant_. Not a list of packages as it
> > is being done now.
> 
> That would be a next [harder] level and also a key to verifying
> periodically that the low-level contents of the minimal buildroot
> packages stay the same. That is, that no files get removed or renamed
> unnoticed.

This doesn't sound terrible to me. If we did provide a list of library
requirements and application requirements that we define as minimal it
would be easy to pass that list to yum to resolve and install.

something to think about, anyway.

-sv





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