Source: dash Section: shells Priority: optional Maintainer: Herbert Xu Build-Depends: bison, debhelper (>= 4), pmake Standards-Version: 3.6.1 Package: dash Architecture: any Pre-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends} Description: 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: dash-udeb Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends} Section: debian-installer Priority: extra Description: The Debian Almquist Shell for boot floppies "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: ash Architecture: all Pre-Depends: dash Description: Compatibility package for the Debian Almquist Shell This package exists so that users of the "ash" package can upgrade to the "dash" package which replaces the former. It includes the /bin/ash symlink. You can remove this package if you do not use /bin/ash explicitly.