Is Smart available on Embedded Linux?

[Mauricio Teixeira]

Hai Ho Thanh wrote:
> it very much :). My developing system (MFP - Multi Function Peripheral) 
> bases on a rpm distro (similar to CentOS) so I will very happy if smart 
> can run on it.

Cool. Please write a review of your work and make it public. :)

> As I know Apt does not need python like smart. So apt maybe have more 
> advantages than smart for embeded system solution? Do you think that 

Yes, APT is C, so no big dependencies. Smart needs python and a few 
extra modules. Is storage space a problem for you?

> One thing I still confuse is memory consumption. Have you ever installed 
> smart in system which have very small memory (like embedded system). I 
> can't imagine the smart speed in this case :).

I've never tried with less than 512MB ram. :)

What I can tell you is: Smart uses as much memory as needed by the 
amount of packages in the repository information. Which means, the 
program has a fixed low limit (Smart + Python) and a floating memory 
usage that depends on how big is the metadata of your repository.

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