From: syl@therockgarden.ca   
      
   On 2024-11-05, Eric Pozharski wrote:   
      
   > Usecase: EEE-PC.  Thing just have no space for full install.   
      
   +1 on that, and on Henrik Carlqvist's recommendation that the OP   
   upgrade his system to stable Slackware-15.0 and keep up with patches   
   on that syetm.   
      
   Further to Eric's point, another condition that folks who advocate   
   "just do a full install and don't worry about it" overlook is that   
   for some systems, a full install simply isn't appropriate.  I have   
   a system, for example, whose primary purpose in life is to provide   
   services (mail/DNS/web) to systems outside of my home network.   
   There is a lot of software included in a Slackware full installation   
   that it simply wouldn't make sense to install on that system.   
   Another system acts as a gateway system for my home network to the   
   outside world, (well, to the ISP anyway).  What's appropriate for it is   
   a *different* subset of a full installation than the former system has.   
   Still different yet, the web server on the former system runs in a   
   chroot environment which is itself mostly a smaller subset of what's   
   installed on that system (plus some additional packages needed just   
   for the web server).   
      
   Bottom line is that a full-installation of any Linux distribution   
   simply isn't always appropriate.  In fact, I would go so far as to   
   say it seldomly *is* appropriate, but if one keeps up with patches,   
   including for the unused software packages, it's probably mostly   
   harmless (on a single-user desktop or laptop system).   
      
   I wrote a script, many years ago, that helps me identify which other   
   packages a given installed package depends on, so that if I'm having   
   trouble with software on a system with a not-full installation,   
   I can compare to the same software on a more complete installation   
   and see what might be missing.   
      
       https://www.therockgarden.ca/software/slackware/listdeps.sh   
      
   I hope that helps somebody.   
      
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   Sylvain Robitaille                                syl@therockgarden.ca   
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