Package: ash
Essential: yes
Priority: required
Section: shells
Installed-Size: 152
Debian-Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
Maintainer: Carl Worth <cworth@handhelds.org>
Architecture: arm
Version: 0.3.7-16
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.1-2)
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.
 .
 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 "ash", and is a required part of the system.
