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git searches coreutils and util-linux commands in PATH

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Message #26 received at 65924 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, Maxim Cournoyer
 <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 65924 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#65924: git searches coreutils and util-linux commands in PATH
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2023 18:52:00 +0200

Hi,

On Wed, 04 Oct 2023 at 18:14, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> I think we should add coreutils-minimal and sed (or gash-utils?) to the
> ‘git-submodule’ wrapper that already exists.

Yes, for now it is seems the way forward for fixing the current #66305.

It is an increase of git-minimal about ~12%.


> Closure size is a concern, as Simon notes.  Longer-term we should make
> coreutils-minimal more minimal, perhaps by stripping it of l10n data.

About gash-utils, well currently broken so…

    https://ci.guix.gnu.org/build/2072492/details

And it would drag Guile in the picture, no?  And ’sed’ seems an order
more minimalist than Guile, no?

For sure, more git-minimal is, happier people will be.


Cheers,
simon

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