# core
*>=sys-apps/portage-2.0.51
*>=sys-apps/baselayout-1.9.4-r2
*sys-apps/util-linux

# toolchain
#<=sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3

# minimal versions
#-*>=net-misc/iputils-021109-r3
-*net-misc/iputils
*>=sys-devel/bison-1.875

# remove stuff not needed on uclibc
# c++ stuff disabled
-*sys-apps/groff
# man pages disabled (noman)
-*sys-apps/man
-*sys-apps/man-pages
# no support for pam
-*sys-apps/pam-login
# why is this in?
-*sys-devel/bc
# this will be added by nls
-*sys-devel/gettext
# this will be added by berkdb
-*sys-libs/db
# no support for pam
-*sys-libs/pam
# added by readline
-*sys-libs/readline
# added by zlib
-*sys-libs/zlib
#
# busybox/uclibc w/o shadow support
#-*sys-apps/shadow
#-*sys-libs/cracklib
# 

# tar ~arch is faulty on uclibc (tar jtf does not work on the created
# tbz2 files), only the stable one (1.13.92-r3) works.
<=app-arch/tar-1.13.92-r3

# this needs to be package.masked all together.
-*sys-libs/glibc

#no idea why this is in base system
-*sys-apps/ed
<dev-libs/glib-2.5