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> > > > How do you use the Debian binaries in BL2?
> > > 
> > > My busybox has a command called ar, so to view the content of a deb file
> > > I issued:
> > > 
> > > ar -t something.deb
> > > 
> > > to extract:
> > > 
> > > ar -x something.deb
> > > 
> > 
> > BL2 does not appear to have an ar in its busybox - where do we get one?
> > Is ar small enough to include in BL2?  
> 
> Because it is up to you to specify options when you are compiling. In
> this case Steven has not specified ar when he compiles. 

Would it be possible to include 'ar' in the install-to-hard-drive package
for BL2?  I don't think it would be used in the RAMdisk version so there 
is no point in compiling busybox with it.  

It would be a lot more useful than the 1M of locale files that install
themselves.

What other small utilities would other people like to see included?

Sindi Keesan