| Eric Andersen | b108a5b | 2000-06-19 09:21:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | Source: busybox |
| 2 | Priority: optional |
| 3 | Maintainer: Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org> |
| Eric Andersen | f12724c | 2000-07-09 01:54:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | Build-Depends: debhelper |
| Eric Andersen | b108a5b | 2000-06-19 09:21:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | Standards-Version: 3.1.1 |
| 6 | |
| 7 | Package: busybox |
| 8 | Architecture: any |
| 9 | Depends: ${shlibs:Depends} |
| 10 | Conflicts: binutils, bsdutils, console-tools, cpio, debianutils, dnsutils, dpkg, fbset, fdflush, fileutils, grep, gzip, hostname, modutils, mount, netbase, procps, psmisc, sed, sharutils, shellutils, sysklogd, sysvinit, tar, textutils, update, util-linux |
| Eric Andersen | aec27bc | 2000-07-11 18:18:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | Replaces: netbase |
| Eric Andersen | b108a5b | 2000-06-19 09:21:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | Section: utils |
| 13 | Description: Tiny utilities for the debian-installer and for embedded systems. |
| 14 | BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single |
| 15 | small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for the most common |
| 16 | utilities you would usually find on your desktop system (i.e. ls, cp, mv, |
| 17 | mount, tar, etc). The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than |
| 18 | their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included |
| 19 | provide the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU |
| 20 | counterparts. |
| 21 | . |
| 22 | BusyBox is used by the debian-installer. Installing BusyBox onto your Debian |
| Eric Andersen | aec27bc | 2000-07-11 18:18:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | system is not recommended, unless you are intended to make a very small |
| 24 | embedded system. Chances are good that for embedded systems, you will want to |
| 25 | recompile to only include the tools and utilities you wish to include. |
| Eric Andersen | b108a5b | 2000-06-19 09:21:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | |
| 27 | Package: busybox-static |
| 28 | Architecture: any |
| 29 | Depends: ${shlibs:Depends} |
| 30 | Section: shells |
| 31 | Description: Provides a stand alone rescue shell with tons of builtin utilities. |
| 32 | BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single |
| 33 | small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for the most common |
| 34 | utilities you would usually find on your desktop system (i.e. ls, cp, mv, |
| 35 | mount, tar, etc). The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than |
| 36 | their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included |
| 37 | provide the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU |
| 38 | counterparts. |
| 39 | . |
| 40 | BusyBox-static provides you with a statically linked simple stand alone shell |
| 41 | that provides all the utilities available in BusyBox. This package is |
| 42 | intended to be used as a rescue shell, in the event that you screw up your |
| 43 | system. Invoke "busybox sh" and you have a standalone shell ready to save |
| 44 | your system from certain destruction. Invoke "busybox", and it will list the |
| 45 | available builtin commands. |
| 46 | |