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Template: dash/sh Type: boolean Default: false _Description: Install dash as /bin/sh? The default /bin/sh shell on Debian and Debian-based systems is bash. . However, since the distribution policy requires all shell scripts using /bin/sh to be POSIX compliant, any shell that conforms to POSIX, such as dash, can serve as /bin/sh. You may wish to do this because dash is faster and smaller than bash.
Source: dash Section: shells Priority: optional Maintainer: Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org> Build-Depends: po-debconf, dietlibc-dev [alpha amd64 arm hppa i386 ia64 mips mipsel powerpc ppc64 s390 sparc] Standards-Version: 3.7.2.2 Package: dash Architecture: any Pre-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends} Description: POSIX-compliant shell The Debian Almquist Shell (dash) is a lightweight POSIX-compliant shell derived from ash. . It can be usefully installed as /bin/sh (because it executes scripts faster than bash), or as the default shell for the superuser. It depends on fewer libraries than bash, and is therefore less likely to be affected by an upgrade problem or a disk failure. It is also useful for checking the POSIX compliance of scripts. Package: dash-udeb Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends} Section: debian-installer Priority: extra Description: POSIX-compliant shell - Debian Installer component The Debian Almquist Shell (dash) is a lightweight POSIX-compliant shell derived from ash. . It can be usefully installed as /bin/sh (because it executes scripts faster than bash), or as the default shell for the superuser. It depends on fewer libraries than bash, and is therefore less likely to be affected by an upgrade problem or a disk failure. It is also useful for checking the POSIX compliance of scripts. . This package is used to build Debian Installer. Package: ash Architecture: all Pre-Depends: dash Description: compatibility package for dash This package allows upgrading ash to its replacement, dash. It includes the /bin/ash symlink. It can be removed as soon as /bin/ash is no longer used.
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