On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 10:47:28AM +0100, Andreas Schuldei wrote: > * Richard Braakman (dark@xs4all.nl) [010307 10:39]: > > > the aim is not to depend on bash but on the commonly implemented subset > > > of functions (ash?). This is exactly about portability. > > Since bash can do a lot more than the subset, it would be dumb not > > to take advantage of the features when they would be useful. > Bash is to big for essential. it uses several times the space of > ash. essential has to be minimal. In that case dpkg is too big for essential too. ] $ dpkg -s bash | grep Installed-Size ] Installed-Size: 578 ] $ dpkg -s dpkg | grep Installed-Size ] Installed-Size: 2572 If you want a *really* small system, you build it yourself, and take care of it yourself. This is possible, and even easy, because it's a small system so there's not much to take care of. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <aj@humbug.org.au> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. ``_Any_ increase in interface difficulty, in exchange for a benefit you do not understand, cannot perceive, or don't care about, is too much.'' -- John S. Novak, III (The Humblest Man on the Net)
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