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On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> =============
>
> Sindi wrote:
> > Why not 1.3.2?
>
> I started with 1.3.2 and ran into problems.
> Busybox no longer supports the 2.2 kernel.
> Even in busybox 1.2.2 the fdisk applet didn't
> work correctly with 2.2 kernels (I modified
> the sourcecode to fix it).

In that case maybe Karolis and I should not work on compiling with uclibc 
based on 2.2.26 headers and just compile 1.3.2 on the 2.4.31-header 
uclibc and only use with 2.4.31 kernel.

> > Is it less stable?
>
> Perhaps.  I believe the new busybox policy is
> to release early and often.

1.4.0 had something about changes to less but I don't think they were 
bugfixes.  And leaving out e2fsprogs.

> > Could we simply replace ext2 /usr/X11R6 from a
> > ramdisk version
>
> ramdisk version?  Which ramdisk version?

The one you put on the 2-floppy BL3.50 eventually.
Or copy from the fs.img (loop version).

> > or does /etc/XConfig also change?
>
> No, Xconfig and Xsetup stay the same. But there are
> changes in /usr/X11R6, /usr/share, and /root.

/root/.xinitrc?
What is in /usr/share?

And a new man page.

> Cheers,
> Steven