Re: F35 Change proposal: Smaller Container Base Image (remove sssd-client, util-linux, shadow-utils) (Self-Contained Change)

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On Mon, May 17, 2021, at 6:05 AM, Karel Zak wrote:
> 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

I often use hardlink during container build to make the image smaller by hardlinking the identical files within.

>         fincore
>         wall
>         readprofile
>         ctrlaltdel
>         fsck.cramfs
>         fsck.minix
>         mkfs.cramfs
>         mkfs.minix
>         fdformat
>   
> to util-linux-optional package.
> 
> Does it make sense?
> 

I'm fine with all of them except hardlink being moved to an -optional package.

V/r,
James Cassell
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