Re: libxml/GNOME dependency MADNESS cleanup: nfsref(8) removal

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On 5/22/25 11:58 AM, Mark Liam Brown wrote:
> Greetings!
> 
> I am going to post a patch series to remove the nfsref(8) utility.
> 
> So far the "utility" has only created more harm (namely, dragging in
> GNOME(!!!!!) libxml and cohorts dependencies, and related dependency
> breakage, which in itself is INTOLERABLE; and breaking NFS root
> support); and only obscure "benefits" (NFS referrals, which no one
> uses).
> 
> Following that will be a patch series for Kconfig to make NFS referral
> support optional, and then mark them as depreciated.
> 
> Mark

NACK.

-- 
Chuck Lever




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