[Buildroot] [PATCH 2/2] lsof: add busybox tweaks

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On Sunday 29 April 2012 10:36:05 Peter Korsgaard wrote:
> True. But the first thing to decide on is if this _SHOW_OTHERS option is
> really useful. It was afaik introduced long time ago to encourage people
> to use the busybox applets instead of the full blown versions, but
> perhaps we should just let people decide for themselves?

 Admittedly, the first thing I do when a start configuring is to enable
_SHOW_OTHERS.  However, I think it is very useful for Joe Random User
to be informed of which packages are redundant because they are already
provided by busybox.  Still, maybe a better way is to mention that in the
package's menu entry:

diff --git a/package/lsof/Config.in b/package/lsof/Config.in
index cc7512c..c3a878f 100644
--- a/package/lsof/Config.in
+++ b/package/lsof/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LSOF
-       bool "lsof"
+       bool "lsof (also in busybox)"
        help
          lsof (LiSt Open Files)
          The lsof tool lists information about files opened by


 Regards,
 Arnout

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