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Subject: Re: [OE-core] [meta-oe][PATCH v5] procps: split ps and sysctl into individual packages
To: Ross Burton <ross@burtonini.com>
Cc: OE-core <openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org>
References: <20201216221622.14171-1-okaya@kernel.org>
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From: "Sinan Kaya" <okaya@kernel.org>
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 13:57:30 -0500
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On 1/12/2021 9:09 AM, Ross Burton wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 at 22:16, Sinan Kaya <okaya@kernel.org> wrote:
>> Move the ps and sysctl tools into its own package. Useful for
>> size constrained systems that only want the ps and/or sysctl tools.
> Both of these are part of busybox.  If you're in massively size
> constrained systems, why not just use busybox?

That's true. I needed more functionality for these two specific tools.
The rest is all busybox as you suggested.

To be fair, ps in busybox really sucks IMO.