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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?
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.