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> > > > > binutils.tgz
> > > > > egcs.tgz
> > > > > gmake.tgz
> > > > > libc.tgz
> > > > > linuxinc.tgz
> >
> > How much is it after deleting man doc info
> > zoneinfo gconv locale?
These last three are not found in these SW40 packages (they are in SW71 or 
81).

> I wouldn't expect it make a huge difference.
About 2MB.

> > Do you want to post a package with just the
> > mininum required parts of these five packages
>
> No.
I just looked into this and it is still way over 10MB.

> > add ldconfig manually to a doinst.sh, or use makepkg
>
> Why?  pkg automatically does a ldconfig.
Okay.
>

> > There may be unneeded binaries too.
>
> Really?
>
> > Do we really need all the binaries from binutils: objdump
> > and strings-GNU and size?  Addr2line, gprof, ranlib?
>
> I'm not an expert on the inner workings of GCC compilers
> so I am in no position to specify which binaries are
> essential for a fully-functioning compiler.

You could probably figure it out from each Makefile.

> Compiling with an old libc5 compiler is complicated
> enough without you arbitrarily deleting files that
> you think (maybe) might not be needed.

doc man and info seem safe enough

Also the asm- other than generic and i386 were safe to delete when 
compiling the kernel from source code (which seems to be a larger version 
of linuxinc).  6MB (for 2.2.6, more for 2.2.26?)

> > Do we need any binaries from libc other than maybe ldd?
>
> What binaries?  The libc package is mostly libraries and
> includes.

locale.  You are right.

> Warning to newbies: it is a big mistake to delete files
> from packages when you aren't absolutely sure what you
> are doing.  Sindi loves deleting files to make things
> smaller.  IMHO this is a bad idea.

I experiment and sometimes put things back but often save a lot of space.
Which is important on old laptops with small hard drives, or in small
partitions such as loop linux.

I suggested you do the deleting instead of newbies.

Do you have a better idea how to compile for BL3 when I have already 
installed glibc in my ext2 partition and the five files won't fit in loop 
linux without deleting something?  Can I tell the compiler to use libc5 
instead of glibc/libc6 and compile in my regular ext2 BL3 (or BL2)?

Sindi

> Cheers,
> Steven