[caiman-discuss] Additions to package list

[Moinak Ghosh]

David.Comay at Sun.COM wrote:
>>>> SUNWbtool       CCS tools bundled with SunOS
>>
>>   This package contains things like elfdump, nm, strip etc. Not good
>>   to leave out.
>
> But those tools are useful for developers and we've definitely not been
> including developer tools on the Live CD.  We could do this but we're
> talking potentially about a lot here from the compilers, lexers, etc.

   These tools are very basic functionality at the core of any *nix or
   look-alike OS. This is not only for developers but also for users
   trying to figure a problem or an admin asking a user to perform
   a step if he faces a problem. For eg. how do we look at exported
   symbols without nm.  If a user tomorrow reports a problem with
   the Slim LiveCD and we want him to perform some basic debugging
   lack of these tools will limit options. We shouldn't be limiting
   observability in trying to keep the package list reduced.
   BTW the livekit itself will not function without this package since it
   also contains tsort among other things.

   This package just contributes 2MB of uncompressed space.

Regards,
Moinak.