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keesan2 AT cyberspace.org wrote:
> 
> Would it be possible to include 'ar' in the 
> install-to-hard-drive package for BL2?  

There is no install-to-hard-drive package for BL2.
Perhaps you are confusing it with BL1 (which does use 
an install-to-HD package).  BL2 is different, it uses 
eight standard Slackware packages for the HD install.  
That gives you a self-contained system, including the 
standard Slackware installation utility (pkgtool).  The 
purpose is to provide a Slackware-compatible foundation 
which, in most cases, behaves exactly like Slackware.

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

They are part of Slackware.  Personally, I have no 
use for them, but some people like them.
 
> What other small utilities would other people like 
> to see included?

People can include whatever they like (by installing
Slackware packages or downloading add-ons).  The initial 
eight Slackware packages are unlikely to change.  They 
were chosen by necessity -- they are the bare minimum 
needed for a solid Slackware foundation.  I hoped to
use just four packages, but I kept running into error
messages caused by missing items.  So I added the packages
containing those items.  In the end, it came to eight
packages.  I would prefer less.  I don't intend adding
more.

Cheers,
Steven