[Clfs-dev] Embedded: Is e2fsprogs really needed in core embedded book?

[Joe Ciccone]

On Tue, 2011-03-22 at 06:32 -0400, Andrew Bradford wrote: 
> In the embedded book:
> * Busybox has basic e2fsprogs functionality (chattr, fsck, lsattr, and
> tune2fs)  built into it now but not yet enabled in our config patch.
> * The standard e2fsprogs install used in the embedded book builds some
> rather large binaries.  In total, they're on the order of the same
> size as Busybox.
> * Most people probably aren't creating file systems on their embedded
> machine (thus not needing real e2fsprogs functionality beyond fsck).
> 
> Do we really need e2fsprogs to be a core part of the embedded book if
> the Busybox config patch is updated to include the basic
> functionality?
> 
> I can see an easy case being made for having e2fsprogs in a "beyond"
> section, but it seems to me like Busybox can take care of the more
> basic / required stuff like fsck for most embedded systems.
> 
> What do you think?

I don't remember the original reason for it being there in the first
place. Is there anything from e2fsprogs or util-linux being used in the
bootscripts?

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Joe Ciccone