Re:Alpine Linux is reducing dependencies on Busybox
by blueflow on Saturday August 06, 2022 @04:33PM
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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
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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.