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Re:So you want to build an embedded Linux system? by 05 on Friday October 16, 2020 @10:14AM (#24800992)
Using a package manager on an embedded system is just asking for trouble. Or read-write rootfs, for that matter.
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Re:So you want to build an embedded Linux system? by fullstop on Friday October 16, 2020 @03:43PM (#24804298)
I usually have a r/o rootfs as squashfs with overlayfs for changes. It makes it easy to wipe things back to factory defaults.
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