Comment # 2 on bug 1225197 from Thorsten Kukuk

(In reply to Stanislav Brabec from comment #1)
> Is it a problem of Ring 0 bootstrap build loop size or a problem of a cut
> down image size?

Size is a problem, especially on low level hard required tools.

> more uses libmagic to identify binary files.

Yes, but as Fabian wrote: no other big distribution compiles more with this
dependency, and people normally use less since >> 25 years. more is only the
last fallback if less is not there, e.g. in containers.

> In the second case, I would suggest to create a new sub-package containing
> feature stripped binaries:
> more without libmagic support
> findmnt, lsblk without libudev
> logger, lslogins, uuidd without libsystemd
> 
> It could help to create minimal images for the non bootable containers.

It's not only about containers, it's also about the default install size of our
system. We have some projects with partners, were size is all what matters for
various reasons. E.g. limited size in ROM.

So your sub-package solution will not help here, as we need the other tools
with that dependencies.
And currently it's really just about more.