From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 02:45:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 02:45:30 -0400 Received: from [217.27.32.7] ([217.27.32.7]:60525 "EHLO leonid.francoudi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 02:45:18 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 09:35:08 +0300 From: Leonid Mamtchenkov To: Denis Perchine Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Will 2.6 require Python for any configuration ? (CML2) Message-ID: <20010824093508.A17415@francoudi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Denis Perchine , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20010822030807.N120@pervalidus> <20010823124109.S14302@cpe-24-221-152-185.az.sprintbbd.net> <20010824020119.42D951FD7D@mx.webmailstation.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010824020119.42D951FD7D@mx.webmailstation.com>; from dyp@perchine.com on Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 11:59:41AM +0700 X-Operating-System: Linux leonid.francoudi.com 2.4.9 X-Uptime: 9:09am up 15:15, 3 users, load average: 1.10, 1.04, 1.01 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello Denis Perchine, Once you wrote about "Re: Will 2.6 require Python for any configuration ? (CML2)": DP> On Friday 24 August 2001 02:41, Tom Rini wrote: DP> > On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 09:26:33PM +0200, Jes Sorensen wrote: DP> > > >>>>> "Tom" == Tom Rini writes: DP> > You've said this before. :) Just how small of an 'embedded' system are DP> > you talking about? I know of people who do compile a kernel now and DP> > again on a 'small' system, for fun. On a larger (cPCI) system, I DP> > don't see your point. If you can somehow transport the 21mb[1] bzip2 DP> > kernel source to your system, you can transport python. If you're DP> > porting to a brand new arch, there's still good tests before you DP> > have shlib support (You've mentioned that before too I think). DP> DP> There is another point why having Python installed is a problem. Usually when DP> you install a server you remove everything from it because of space, and DP> security reasons. The main security concern is the less is installed the DP> better security is. I always remove python from any servers I have. As I DP> remove guile, forth, and other useless (in terms of server) languages. Now DP> you tell me that I should have this bloat installed just to configure my DP> kernel. Do not you think that it is too much? Current kernel does not require DP> anything like this. Why should you have gcc and make on the server then? Compile you kernel on another machine and then just install it on your servers. This way you will not only save space and improve security, but also gain some time, which is always good. -- Best regards, Leonid Mamtchenkov Red Hat Certified Linux Engineer (RHCE) System Administrator Francoudi & Stephanou Ltd