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Re:Alpine Linux is reducing dependencies on Busybox by blueflow on Thursday August 04, 2022 @07:50AM (#32341676)
You can already install coreutils and udev over busybox, without busybox being removed.
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Re:Alpine Linux is reducing dependencies on Busybox by skarnet on Friday August 05, 2022 @08:08AM (#32354931)
And if you look under the hood, you will see that it's only possible because of a bunch of ad-hoc hacks, which is exactly what my proposal was about: level the playing field and make it possible to have alternatives _without_ the ad-hoc hacks.
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Re:Alpine Linux is reducing dependencies on Busybox by blueflow on Saturday August 06, 2022 @04:33PM (#32371359)
Are you referring to the busybox symlink farm?
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Re:Alpine Linux is reducing dependencies on Busybox by skarnet on Friday August 12, 2022 @02:41AM (#32435294)
Not at all. I'm referring to the structure of the Alpine packaging, especially around boot scripts, that hardcodes busybox in a number of places and makes it difficult to package an alternative without workarounds - which accumulates tech debt.
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