OLPC-Update + RPMs WAS:Re: OLPC XO Opera browser as Sugar activity

[pgf at laptop.org]

c. scott ananian wrote:
 > 
 > The current list of OLPC_DEVEL_PACKAGES at:
 >   
 > http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=users/cscott/pilgrim;a=blob;f=streams.d/olpc-develop
 > ment.stream;hb=joyride#l169
 > includes:
 > 
 > rpm
 > yum
 > yum-metadata-parser
 > openssh-server
 > wget
 > xterm
 > which
 > file
 > tree
 > xorg-x11-twm
 > gdb
 > ltrace
 > strace
 > pciutils
 > bzip2
 > unzip
 > lrzsz
 > xorg-x11-apps
 > dbench
 > 
 > Of these, only xorg-x11-twm, pciutils, dbench, xorg-x11-apps, and
 > xterm strike me as obvious candidates for pruning.  What do other folk
 > feel?

"which" is redundant with "type -a" in the shell (or "type -ap" if you're
being picky).

"tree" is so small it's hardly worth discussing, but i'm not sure
how it gives info not available in other ways (i.e.  find, xargs,
ls).  (but i've not used tree much.)

when/how would "lrzsz" be useful?

paul
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 paul fox, pgf at laptop.org