devil-linux-develop

[Devil-linux-develop] Recommended deletions.

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

In the initrdtree, I recommend we remove these three files and possibly
delete them from CVS too:

  software - not used & no longer needed since everything is on CD.

  patch_system - only called from "software".

  functions - not used, and ash craps all over when it is sourced.

Any objections about me nuking them?  (from CVS too?)

Also one I'm not sure about:  "links"
It doesn't appear to be run anywhere, and the /sbin directory is rather
empty.  I've been having to modify scripts/busybox and manually add a
bunch of links for missing commands.  (working on probe_scsi_modules)

 - BS

RE: [Devil-linux-develop] Recommended deletions.

[Dean N. <di...@ti...>]

>In the initrdtree, I recommend we remove these three files and possibly
>delete them from CVS too:
>[...]
>
>  patch_system - only called from "software".

While we weren't using it, I've always liked the idea of the patch system.
Primarily because it meant that I could load a patch onto the floppy to fix
something critical (simple and quick to do), without having to download a
new release and create and burn a new ISO (which somebody might put off
"till they get around to it").

Of course, I'm not the one who has to maintain it!

Dean Nedelman
TimeLord Consulting

Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Recommended deletions.

[Friedrich L. <fl...@fl...>]

Bruce Smith wrote:
> In the initrdtree, I recommend we remove these three files and possibly
> delete them from CVS too:
> 
>   patch_system - only called from "software".

Please don't remove this from the CVS as I'm heavily using the
patch-ability of DL since released 0.5.

See the available patches for 0.5 at
   ftp://ftp.fl.priv.at/pub/devil-linux/0.5/patch/base

Greetings from Sweden.

-- 
MfG / Regards
Friedrich Lobenstock
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Friedrich Lobenstock                       Linux Services Lobenstock
URL: http://www.lsl.at/                         Email: fl...@fl...
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Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Recommended deletions.

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

> > In the initrdtree, I recommend we remove these three files and possibly
> > delete them from CVS too:
> > 
> >   patch_system - only called from "software".
> 
> Please don't remove this from the CVS as I'm heavily using the
> patch-ability of DL since released 0.5.
> 
> See the available patches for 0.5 at
>    ftp://ftp.fl.priv.at/pub/devil-linux/0.5/patch/base

While I also like the idea of a patch system, it will have to be
completely rewritten for the new version.

That's if it's even possible to have a patch system on the new release,
since all the binaries are on CD now ...

In any case, I think the old patch script can go away for now.

If anyone has any ideas of how to make a new patch system work, please
share.  Given some basic guidelines I might be able to write something.

> Greetings from Sweden.

Hey, long time!  How's it going?

 - BS