[Buildroot] util-linux builds and installs lots of unwanted binaries

Gustavo Zacarias gustavo at zacarias.com.ar
Wed Apr 25 14:21:18 UTC 2012


On 2012-04-17 14:08, Sven Neumann wrote:

> Adding an option for each and every utility would probably be too 
> much.
> But we could introduce options for each of the sub-directories in
> util-linux (disk-utils, misc-utils, etc). Then one could use 'make -D
> (subdir) install' to install all the utilities from a sub-directory.
>
>
> Regards,
> Sven

Just sent a new version of the patch.
I'll just steer away from going all detailed on the options and kept it 
simple with an "install utilities" option.
If someone needs util-linux i take it they're ready to pay the price 
either in time (removing unused) or space for it.
Regards.



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