Matt Turner schrieb: >> Then udev switched to kmod as a build-time dep. I could no longer >> package.provide kmod as I had module-init-tools, because it was required >> to /build/ udev. For no valid reason on my system. Like any unnecessary >> feature that can be used to load an exploit, it's worse than useless.
> # du -sh /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/kmod-11-r1/image/ > 240K /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/kmod-11-r1/image/ I think the complaint was not about the installed size. Some people have "install as little unnecessary code as possible" as part of their security concepts. Best regards, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn