From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [66.111.4.25] (helo=out1.smtp.messagingengine.com) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1IydXe-0006Fc-Rq for openembedded-devel@openembedded.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 02:22:44 +0100 Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C710A59466; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 20:19:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:19:24 -0500 X-Sasl-enc: b6nMIVdv6E1yQVkYTKwuDfdakp5Yc+VAr4IWGAtyv94u 1196558364 Received: from [192.168.18.13] (CPE-121-209-18-182.sa.bigpond.net.au [121.209.18.182]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C11BB3A21; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 20:19:23 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <475207FB.8020405@whitby.id.au> Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:48:51 +1030 From: Rod Whitby User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: openembedded-devel Cc: angstrom-distro-devel Subject: RFC: Add ipkg to minimal image X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 01:22:44 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I just realised that minimal-image.bb doesn't include ipkg, whereas the first image which does include ipkg (console-image) includes a whole lot of other stuff which could be installed using ipkg after first boot and network access, and which make the image too big for a machine with limited flash space (like an NSLU2). Is there a reason why minimal-image does not include ipkg? What exactly is the definition of what should be in minimal-image which excludes the ability to install further packages? Does anyone object to me adding ipkg support to minimal-image? FYI, minimal-image.rootfs.jffs2 for ixp4xx is 3.8M whereas console-image.rootfs.jffs2 for ixp4xx is 7.1M -- Rod