9267 – Several packages not needed in basic install ?

Bug 9267 - Several packages not needed in basic install ?

Summary: Several packages not needed in basic install ?

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Portage Development
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Unclassified (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 All

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2002-10-17 15:24 UTC by Andreas Westin
Modified:	2011-10-30 22:17 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Andreas Westin 2002-10-17 15:24:17 UTC

I've noticed several packages that i believe are not needed in the basic for 
instance:

ftp
setserial
ed
cpio
fbset-2.1

I feel that these can be added later if 
they are wanted. I'm sure there are more, perl ?

Cheers.

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2002-10-17 17:42:42 UTC

by basic what do you mean, stage3 ?

Comment 2 Nicholas Jones (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-10-17 19:52:54 UTC

No... I'm pretty sure that ftp is important to a source distro.
SetSerial is important for SLIP and external modems.
ed is just a text editor... Is it really that big to complain about?
cpio is backup and special file work.
fbset might be important to people using fb exclusively.

None of those are big.
If you still have objections, reopen this bug with them.