[yocto] Removing busybox

[Burton, Ross]

On Thu, 28 Feb 2019 at 05:20, Adrian Bunk <bunk at stusta.de> wrote:
> > That's a good start.  For a oe-core packagegroup
>
> I do not think a core-only packagegroup makes sense when the goal is to
> completely replace busybox (and not just most apps while keeping a few
> busybox apps installed).

But a "close enough" packagegroup in core would be a good starting point.

> > I'd suggest dropping
> > dnsmasq bridgeutils bindutils to keep it lean.
>
> The stated usecases are not "lean" but "replace all busybox commands
> with the full versions".
>
> For that you need bind-utils (in oe-core) for DNS lookup.

Good point well made.
> > Also swap vim for something in core obviously.
>
> It is not obvious how to do that.
>
> What other vi implementation is in core?
> Is there even any good non-busybox non-GUI editor in core?
> Replacing busybox vi with ed would be a bad fit for the
> stated usecases.
>
> There has to be some vi implementation installed,
> and the "desktop command" implementation is vim.

I thought we had some other editor in core, but can't see one.  Worse
case we still use busybox for its vi... :)

Ross