From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-wg0-x22e.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c00::22e]) by metis.ext.pengutronix.de with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1YTVKN-0005HZ-Eb for ptxdist@pengutronix.de; Thu, 05 Mar 2015 13:56:35 +0100 Received: by wggz12 with SMTP id z12so16057553wgg.9 for ; Thu, 05 Mar 2015 04:56:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.0.125] (19.Red-217-125-83.staticIP.rima-tde.net. [217.125.83.19]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id bx3sm10417141wjc.21.2015.03.05.04.56.28 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 05 Mar 2015 04:56:28 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <54F8532E.1060605@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2015 13:59:26 +0100 From: Guillermo Rodriguez MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <54F6E22E.3080209@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <54F6E22E.3080209@gmx.net> Subject: Re: [ptxdist] Feature Request: Option to install man pages Reply-To: ptxdist@pengutronix.de List-Id: PTXdist Development Mailing List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: ptxdist-bounces@pengutronix.de Errors-To: ptxdist-bounces@pengutronix.de To: ptxdist@pengutronix.de Hi all, El 04/03/2015 a las 11:45, Carsten Schlote escribi=F3: > Hi, > = > right now I found a problem, when I try to encourage people to use > ptxdist for private or commercial projects - the lack of man pages. > = > I know, it is intentional to save precious memory on embedded devices > with usually small flash devices storing the firmware. 'Small' ment > something in the few MB range running compressed MTD filesystems. [...] > = > Your opinions? I'm not sure what's the point in having the man pages in an embedded system -- it is not supposed to be a development environment. Anyway there are many many embedded systems that still have just "a few MB" of flash so if this is done, please make it optional. Guillermo Rodriguez -- = ptxdist mailing list ptxdist@pengutronix.de