[yocto] Removing busybox

[Richard Purdie]

On Thu, 2019-02-28 at 12:05 +0000, Burton, Ross wrote:
> 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... :)

This could be an argument for pulling a small number of things into OE-
Core too...

Cheers,

Richard