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On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> In Response To <20070312120335.39d71897.ln8d-on8g AT dea.spamcon.org>:
> > > Used statically-compiled (uclibc) apps for a while.
> >
> > As you probably know, BL3 has a statically-compiled
> > foundation.  It boots happily and does many useful
> > things with an empty /lib directory.  This static
> > foundation will increase in verion 3.5.  Four
> > executables that depend on libc5 in version 3.4
> > will be static in version 3.5.  This will make it
> > easier to transition BasicLinux to uClibc
>
> > when (if) the uClibc people release a version that's going to
> > remain compatible for more than a year.

> I wouldn't hold my breath.
>
> Remember, their focus is the PDA/Cellphone market. Embedded
> systems...

2-floppy blueflops is uclibc plus busybox 1.1.0 plus libvga (links) and a 
1MB 2.6 kernel.  Has a 45K dbclient (mine compiled to over 100K with 
defaults) instead of ssh, and a small IRC program.  It looks like all the 
programs are static against uclibc to avoid backwards incompatibility. 
links 2.1pre19 that needs all the image format libraries, makes it newer 
than the svgalib Delilinux pre14 version.  syslinux like David used. 
They tried to include ALL PCMCIA ethernet drivers (and maybe other 
ethernet drivers) in the kernel.  Maybe for use on other people's 
broadband setups?

This dbclient might fit into BL3.50 in the spare 100K.  Would omitting 
busybox telnet save any space?

> > > Screen has the best cutting and pasting functionality
> > > in the world.  No other application compares.  I
> > > really miss that.
> >
> > A while back I tried compiling screen for BL3, but
> > I ran into a brick wall.  I don't recall exactly
> > what the exact problem was (library? kernel?) but
> > it just wouldn't go.
>
> That surprises me. Screen seems to run everywhere. There's
> an add-on screen on James' or Ron's BL3 site.

(Lee)

Nope, it is at http://johnbeck.org/bl3/screen.tgz - screen 3.9.9
352K.

Sindi