Things to remove from /rescue

[Jan Grant]

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Alexey Neyman wrote:

> Hi, there!
>
> On Tuesday 22 July 2003 19:30, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> > I don't see this as an unreasonable requirement, and I can't see what
> > great cost it incurs that would motivate us to remove support for it.
>
> Can't all this be done in a "user needs it, user adds it" fashion? E.g., to
> add /etc/rescue.mk that will be .include'd in src/rescue/rescue/Makefile,
> adding the required binaries to the CRUNCH_PROGS_bin, CRUNCH_PROG_sbin,
> CRUNCH_LIBS lists?
>
> E.g:
> --- /etc/rescue.mk ---
> CRUNCH_PROGS_sbin += chown
>
> This will allow the "base" list to be trimmed to some minimalist level, and
> will still allow the users to add whatever they [think they] need to restore
> their system.

What a fantastic suggestion. This really has merit. What's that slogan?
"Mechanism, not policy"? The discussion thus far shines new light on the
wisdom of such a position.

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