The dependency on autoreconf is a bridge too far for me. I presume one needs autoreconf to configure piclone, yeah? So I have to download, compile and install autoconf, just to set up piclone. The build process itself is also likely to call for other dependencies.
Bloat.
It might be worth considering why someone is trying to clone an image. In our case, this is to be a production platform for thousands of units (in due time). This is not a lab machine. Apt is largely disabled, SNAP is removed. Other unnecessary packages have been trimmed. We are finally ready.
Now to take a snapshot, a one-time action, we must keep running around the Internet to find bits and pieces of stuff to put on our machine. Once we have done so, these bits and pieces will be spread around the world, despite having no further utility.
briantbutton
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3 years ago
The dependency on autoreconf is a bridge too far for me. I presume one needs autoreconf to configure piclone, yeah? So I have to download, compile and install autoconf, just to set up piclone. The build process itself is also likely to call for other dependencies.
Bloat.
It might be worth considering why someone is trying to clone an image. In our case, this is to be a production platform for thousands of units (in due time). This is not a lab machine. Apt is largely disabled, SNAP is removed. Other unnecessary packages have been trimmed. We are finally ready.
Now to take a snapshot, a one-time action, we must keep running around the Internet to find bits and pieces of stuff to put on our machine. Once we have done so, these bits and pieces will be spread around the world, despite having no further utility.
We might not be unique in this.