Bug#181197: ITP: nash -- primitive shell code interpreter

2003-02-16 Thread Eduard Bloch 
Package: wnpp
Version: unavailable; reported 2003-02-16
Severity: wishlist

* Package name: nash
  Version : 3.4.28
  Upstream Author : Erik Troan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
* URL : 
http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/8.0/es/os/i386/SRPMS/mkinitrd-3.4.28-1.src.rpm
* License : GPL
  Description : primitive shell code interpreter
   nash  is  a  very  simple script interpretor designed to be as small as
   possible. It is primarily designed to run simple linuxrc scripts on  an
   initrd image.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux zombie 2.4.21-pre4 #7 Die Feb 4 09:13:49 CET 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8

Bug#181197: ITP: nash -- primitive shell code interpreter

2003-02-16 Thread Graham Wilson 
On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 01:55:05PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Version: unavailable; reported 2003-02-16
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> * Package name: nash
>   Version : 3.4.28
>   Upstream Author : Erik Troan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> * URL : 
> http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/8.0/es/os/i386/SRPMS/mkinitrd-3.4.28-1.src.rpm
> * License : GPL
>   Description : primitive shell code interpreter
>nash  is  a  very  simple script interpretor designed to be as small as
>possible. It is primarily designed to run simple linuxrc scripts on  an
>initrd image.

how is this any different than dash?

-- 
gram

Bug#181197: ITP: nash -- primitive shell code interpreter

2003-02-16 Thread Eduard Bloch 
#include 
* Graham Wilson [Sun, Feb 16 2003, 10:23:06AM]:

> > * Package name: nash
> >   Version : 3.4.28
> >   Upstream Author : Erik Troan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> > * URL : 
> > http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/8.0/es/os/i386/SRPMS/mkinitrd-3.4.28-1.src.rpm
> > * License : GPL
> >   Description : primitive shell code interpreter
> >nash  is  a  very  simple script interpretor designed to be as small as
> >possible. It is primarily designed to run simple linuxrc scripts on  an
> >initrd image.
> 
> how is this any different than dash?

Dash is Herberts fork of ash, a full POSIX compliant interactive shell.
Ash is bigger, does not have builtins for mount, mknod, pivot_root,
pivot_root, all these things that Herbert replaced with ugly shell
scripts inside of the initrd or with external programs that need the
libs and possible some other large libraries. I plan to extend it with
modutils code, so we would have the most minimalistis shell-code
interpreter suitable for initrd.

Gruss/Regards,
Eduard.
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