[ddp] dash : The Debian Almquist Shell

[daily-debian-package at enix.org]

Hello,

Today, I'm happy to present you the Debian package dash, which is part
of the shells section, and maintained by Gerrit Pape
<pape at smarden.org>. 

This package contains : The Debian Almquist Shell.

"dash" 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.

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.

"bash" is a better shell for most users, since it has some nice
features absent from "dash", and is a required part of the system.


Package homepage     :
 http://packages.debian.org/unstable/shells/dash

Package bug homepage :
 http://bugs.debian.org/dash

Package QA homepage  :
 http://packages.qa.debian.org/dash

Have fun with Debian packages !

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