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  • From: Lee Forrest <lforrestster AT gmail.com>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] Development Tools for BL (3)
  • Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 20:27:26 -0800

Forwarded to list with permission.

On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 03:24:57PM +1300, 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
> The foundation compiler packages from Slackware 4.0
> ----------------------------------
> pkg binutils.tgz ## 1.6 mb
> pkg egcs.tgz ## 2.8 mb
> pkg gmake.tgz ## .2 mb
> pkg libc.tgz ## 1.1 mb
> pkg linuxinc.tgz ## 1.5 mb
> ----------------------------------
> Those are the package sizes. They will be larger when
> unzipped. If you are just compiling a new kernel, you
> do not need libc.tgz and linuxinc.tgz.
>
> > Is a tiny-linux a pipe dream?
>
> The compiler packages will fit into 20 mb. Sourcecode
> packages can take a lot of space (kernels and X are
> probably the worst), but you can always delete the
> sourcecode after you have compiled.

Okay. I did my homework right (finally). Thanks, Steven.

No reason all of the above couldn't be stored as compressed
files/tarballs most of the time, which would save a lot space.

Lee






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