Bug#298363: O: busybox -- Standalone rescue shell with tons of builtin utilities.
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
The current maintainer of busybox, Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org>,
is apparently not active anymore. Therefore, I orphan this package
now. If you want to be the new maintainer, please take it -- see
http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/index.html#howto-o for detailed
instructions how to adopt a package properly.
Some information about this package:
Package: busybox
Binary: busybox-static, busybox
Version: 1:0.60.5-2.2
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Maintainer: Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org>
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 2.1.18), dpkg-dev (>= 1.7.0)
Architecture: any
Standards-Version: 3.6.1.0
Format: 1.0
Directory: pool/main/b/busybox
Files: 92e48ede0515aadda947a460bc506b32 612 busybox_0.60.5-2.2.dsc
19249a75c3bfccd01ed40c50865ff7a7 785216 busybox_0.60.5.orig.tar.gz
d31231008cf9ebb936c575c250b02771 2559 busybox_0.60.5-2.2.diff.gz
Package: busybox
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 400
Maintainer: Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1:0.60.5-2.2
Replaces: busybox-static
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4)
Conflicts: busybox-static
Filename: pool/main/b/busybox/busybox_0.60.5-2.2_i386.deb
Size: 197410
MD5sum: a44c8faf138864df72320b83a5cc1c9a
Description: Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems.
BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single
small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for the most common
utilities you would usually find on your desktop system (i.e., ls, cp, mv,
mount, tar, etc.). The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than
their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included
provide the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU
counterparts.
.
This package installs the BusyBox binary but does not install symlinks
for any of the supported utilities. You can use /bin/busybox --install
to install BusyBox to the root directory (you do not want to do this
to your your Debian system, except in dire emergencies!).
Package: busybox-static
Priority: extra
Section: shells
Installed-Size: 1192
Maintainer: Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Source: busybox
Version: 1:0.60.5-2.2
Replaces: busybox
Conflicts: busybox
Filename: pool/main/b/busybox/busybox-static_0.60.5-2.2_i386.deb
Size: 595160
MD5sum: 587a71eb3063db94fb822d1cd22b00cb
Description: Standalone rescue shell with tons of builtin utilities.
BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single
small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for the most common
utilities you would usually find on your desktop system (i.e., ls, cp, mv,
mount, tar, etc.). The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than
their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included
provide the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU
counterparts.
.
BusyBox-static provides you with a statically linked simple stand alone shell
that provides all the utilities available in BusyBox. This package is
intended to be used as a rescue shell, in the event that you screw up your
system. Invoke "busybox sh" and you have a standalone shell ready to save
your system from certain destruction. Invoke "busybox", and it will list the
available builtin commands.
Justification: Doesn't reply to mail, no upload since 2002
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