%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy: bdubbs $ $Date: 2015-02-20 15:02:49 -0500 (Fri, 20 Feb 2015) $ Dash Dash is a POSIX compliant shell. It can be installed as /bin/sh or as the default shell for either root or a second user with a userid of 0. It depends on fewer libraries than the Bash shell and is therefore less likely to be affected by an upgrade problem or disk failure. Dash is also useful for checking that a script is completely compatible with POSIX syntax. &lfs77_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &dash-md5sum; Download size: &dash-size; Estimated disk space required: &dash-buildsize; Estimated build time: &dash-time; Dash Dependencies Optional libedit (command line editor library) User Notes: Install Dash by running the following commands: ./configure --bindir=/bin --mandir=/usr/share/man && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install If you would like to make dash the default sh, recreate the /bin/sh symlink as the root user: If you create the symbolic link from dash to sh, you will need to reset the link to bash to build LFS. ln -svf dash /bin/sh --bindir=/bin: This parameter places the dash binary into the root filesystem. --with-libedit: To compile Dash with libedit support. Dash sources /etc/profile and ~/.profile /etc/profile ~/.profile Update /etc/shells to include the Dash shell by issuing the following command as the root user: cat >> /etc/shells << "EOF" /bin/dash EOF Installed Program Installed Libraries Installed Directories dash None None Short Description dash is a POSIX compliant shell. dash