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Source: ash
Section: shells
Priority: optional
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
Build-Depends: byacc, flex, pmake
Standards-Version: 3.1.1
Package: ash
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
Description: NetBSD /bin/sh
"ash" is a POSIX compliant shell that is much smaller than "bash".
We take advantage of that by making it the shell on the installation
root floppy, where space is at a premium.
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It can be usefully installed as /bin/sh (because it executes scripts
somewhat faster than "bash"), or as the default shell either of root
or of a second user with a userid of 0 (because it depends on fewer
libraries, and is therefore less likely to be affected by an upgrade
problem or a disk failure). It is also useful for checking that a
script uses only POSIX syntax.
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"bash" is a better shell for most users, since it has some nice
features absent from "ash", and is a required part of the system.
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