cut down coreutils installed size with this one simple trick: --enable-single-binary=symlinks
coreutils-8.29-r0 installed size: 5394432
coreutils-8.29-r1 installed size: 1105920
this is for #adelielinux core, which is a variant of adelie similar to #alpinelinux largely aimed at containers and embedded development (e.g. spam-sending toasters), except commercially supported.