[Rule-list] RULE and embedded systems

[Marco Fioretti]

> If we were to use some of the techniques used with 
> "embeded systems" it might be very doable.  

Doable, certainly, and fascinating too. Don't forget, however, that
using something like busybox which:

"combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single
small executable. ....The
       utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than their
full-featured GNU cousins; "

You are guaranteed to break some thousand of setup, init, and install
script. You should check every use of any utility which busybox
replaces, starting with the rc.d directory, and warn the users to do
the same whenever they install something or try to use some script off
the net.

Extremely educational, but
Not the nicest thing to do to a newbie which has been told he can use
a standard distro.

things like tinyx are different, as far as I understand. We have to
check every case differently, because the "converge to embedded"
concept *is* intriguing. One thing at the time, however..
                
        Ciao,

                Marco Fioretti
                RULE project leader


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