On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 02:22:31PM -0400, Ben Cotton wrote: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/SmallerContainerBase > > == Summary == > This change proposes to remove 3 packages (sssd-client, util-linux, > shadow-utils) from the Container Base Image (including the minimal > image). The Fedora Base Image is still quite large compared to other > distributions and the tools offered by these packages are not > essential in base image. I do not understand how do you want to use any system without for example mount(8), umount(8), ... ;-) > The installed size of each package is : > > {| class="wikitable" > |- > ! Package !! Installed Size > |- > | util-linux || 13018140 My plan is to create more sub-packages from util-linux and create util-linux-core where will be essential tools like mount, losetup, blkid, lsblk, findmnt, etc. The change will be backwardly compatible. The classic util-linux.rpm will depend on this small util-linux-core package , so for all use-cases where is hardcoded util-linux we will not see a change. For use-cases where minimal installation is important will be possible to use alone util-linux-core. I also plan to move some less often used tools, like mcookie mesg raw isosize namei hardlink fincore wall readprofile ctrlaltdel fsck.cramfs fsck.minix mkfs.cramfs mkfs.minix fdformat to util-linux-optional package. Does it make sense? Karel -- Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx> http://karelzak.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
