From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 12056 invoked from network); 4 Sep 2023 09:58:40 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (2600:3c01:e000:146::1) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 4 Sep 2023 09:58:40 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB4C140FBF; Mon, 4 Sep 2023 19:58:28 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tuhs.org; s=dkim; t=1693821508; h=from:from:reply-to:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding:list-id:list-help: list-owner:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-post; bh=SznByMqd5HObjHfacMAeHq2907Chag5OM/bSmolBmo0=; b=MuXe5nsjZUL04vWFxg2w+twdeInrPEa/Kr7jfg894y9rU0cqaqBP85ubB39GpeR+tVwRqv N5/qbyFrIlU3IMVUXkq+ZOOHlY5GrCH5fwr9wvdukk1S8juvJOTmwifRBYJJSju7QKZHU3 oiCmWl5x6yMYkr3nxGvfc5NalE/Sv0U= Received: from ewsoutbound.kpnmail.nl (unknown [195.121.94.167]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BA1FE40FB8 for ; Mon, 4 Sep 2023 19:58:06 +1000 (AEST) X-KPN-MessageId: 7c3159be-4b09-11ee-88a1-005056abbe64 Received: from smtp.kpnmail.nl (unknown [10.31.155.38]) by ewsoutbound.so.kpn.org (Halon) with ESMTPS id 7c3159be-4b09-11ee-88a1-005056abbe64; Mon, 04 Sep 2023 11:57:40 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=planet.nl; s=planet01; h=to:date:message-id:subject:mime-version:content-type:from; bh=SznByMqd5HObjHfacMAeHq2907Chag5OM/bSmolBmo0=; b=deZNfsG8fG9jPkdv/DG1cYsg2VPx157SJzWcrypjFIvbSPsoz3y1o6I1XVOpACap3Oas6S0Ga1Le5 jIrlYqXHNitanAu0dEdJekaxIdlrK4vcAmjhAOGH7SDB8drdqglQBYw0dfR+MFIBjoCnGAdvHkrdVj 1Ujy3vZoCHvij5Fg= X-KPN-MID: 33|IXpY0+YK897+mf7b15NSlcAN2WoAgCyfK9KBEA7bltr4Mimxm+t0EclvSSFRl2a 5wqad0GErJnP+ooOzJB8ppNjtWfu2/e2j6cvXcd5vA1s= X-KPN-VerifiedSender: Yes X-CMASSUN: 33|st2zO5XWB/5UHbEOzOQaTd15VXpKI1YfQA5c8bLEA/RSCDFZfaZYigaWrdSMFYF ORwsRVOuJ2rCRsXb83VTmrA== X-Originating-IP: 77.172.38.96 Received: from smtpclient.apple (77-172-38-96.fixed.kpn.net [77.172.38.96]) by smtp.kpnmail.nl (Halon) with ESMTPSA id 8117f911-4b09-11ee-a8a5-005056abf0db; Mon, 04 Sep 2023 11:57:49 +0200 (CEST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 14.0 \(3654.120.0.1.13\)) Message-Id: Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2023 11:57:48 +0200 To: "tuhs@tuhs.org" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3654.120.0.1.13) Message-ID-Hash: 6XW56GTEYCS7NIAXSNL6J52XDQX7DBNS X-Message-ID-Hash: 6XW56GTEYCS7NIAXSNL6J52XDQX7DBNS X-MailFrom: pnr@planet.nl X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Unix install & "standalone" package List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: From: Paul Ruizendaal via TUHS Reply-To: Paul Ruizendaal Recently, I was looking into the =E2=80=9CDas U-Boot=E2=80=9D boot = loader package. Summarised with great simplification, u-boot bundles = device drivers, file systems, commands and a Bourne-like shell into a = standalone package. Normally it auto-runs a script that brings up a = system, but when used in interactive mode it allows a great deal of = poking around. It made me think of the =E2=80=9Cstandalone=E2=80=9D set of programs for = installing early Unix. On 16-bit understandably each basic command has = to be a separate standalone program, but after the shift to 32-bit = bundling more functionality in a single binary would have become = possible. How did the Unix =E2=80=9Cstandalone=E2=80=9D package evolve in the = 80=E2=80=99s, both in the research and BSD lineages? Is there any = retrospective paper about that? Or is it a case of =E2=80=9CUse the = source, Luke=E2=80=9D?