Re: busybox + python questions

On Wednesday 09 August 2006 19:39, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Wednesday 09 August 2006 18:36, Philippe Clérié wrote:
> > The default configuration of busybox (1.1.3) installs a /bin/bb
> > executable to which nothing apparently is linked. I renamed it, played
> > with a few applets and so far nothing is broken. What is that bb for?
>
> it's a standalone static rescue shell
>
> broken system ?  boot with init=/bin/bb

:-) OK! Thanks. 

>
> > I am discovering that python is really not something I might want
> > installed on a small system. The base package is about 22MB on disk. 2/3
> > of that it seems are pyc and pyo files. Plus there are quite a few
> > packages I don't anticipate needing. Can we reduce that footprint? Or do
> > I have to give up on python?
>
> it's your system so only you know if you really need python
>

I was hoping to do the web interface with python. I knew there was going to be 
a penalty, I hadn't expected it to be so bad. I would like to stay under 16MB 
for the root ramdisk, but it looks like it's damn near impossible with 
python. 

Time to look for alternatives.

Philippe


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