[BusyBox] Busybox' "sh" shell on PowerPC

[Erik Andersen]

On Mon Apr 09, 2001 at 09:11:59PM +0400, Vladimir N. Oleynik wrote:
> Edmund,
> 
> > Has anyone considered maybe using PD-KSH. I know the Transmeta (Midori)
> > Linux uses this. It is supposed to be KSH look-alike. Not sure how big it
> > is, but since it is being used in Midori, it might be small enough. More
> > information is available at http://www.cs.mun.ca/~michael/pdksh. Just an
> > idea.
> 
> I see this... Oh. 1.3Mb source text ;-000
> I already put my port ash-0.2 (248k source) to busybox.
> I know, this variant already usaging many people.
> Busybox maintainers not interessing big sh.
> (Larry also have advanced sh parser.)
> I write in current new parser special for complex gain reduce size 
> if usage sh+cmdedit+other applets with glob and small shell parser (ftp, mc,
> etc)

I would be happy to add your work to a new busybox "contrib" section
if you would like.   I think that would allow many more people to
use your ash port.

 -Erik

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