[Sussex] Soekris question for Steve D

Steve Dobson steve at dobson.org
Mon Feb 27 11:11:55 UTC 2006


Colin

On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 10:52 +0000, Colin Tuckley wrote:
> Steve Dobson wrote:
> 
> > As you say Emdebian is a *varient* of Debian.
> 
> Actually it isn't really, it uses all the same packages, and there will even
> be a version of the Debian-Installer for it in Etch.

I thought that it needed a slightly different structure to the files in
the packages.  For example the documentation isn't really needed on an
embedded system so the stuff under /usr/share/doc has to be lost.

> > Could you give a talk about Emdebian?  Last I talked to Wookie the
> > project was not in a state that was usable to me.  But I would really
> > like to see where it is at.
> 
> It's undergoing a restructuring/revival at the moment, but later in the year
>  I might be able to do something.

I look forward to it.

Steve
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