Source: busybox
Priority: optional
Maintainer: Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 2.0.80)
-Standards-Version: 3.1.1
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 2.1.18), dpkg-dev (>= 1.7.0)
+Standards-Version: 3.2.1.0
Package: busybox
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
-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
-Replaces: dpkg, netbase
+Conflicts: busybox-static
+Replaces: busybox-static
Section: utils
-Description: Tiny utilities for the debian-installer and for embedded systems.
+Description: Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems.
BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single
small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for the most common
- utilities you would usually find on your desktop system (i.e. ls, cp, mv,
- mount, tar, etc). The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than
+ utilities you would usually find on your desktop system (i.e., ls, cp, mv,
+ mount, tar, etc.). The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than
their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included
provide the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU
counterparts.
.
- BusyBox is used by the debian-installer. Installing BusyBox onto your Debian
- system is not recommended, unless you are intended to make a very small embedded
- system. Chances are good that for embedded systems, you will want to recompile
- to only include the tools and utilities you wish to include.
+ This package installs the BusyBox binary but does not install symlinks
+ for any of the supported utilities. You can use /bin/busybox --install
+ to install BusyBox to the current directory (you do not want to do this
+ in / on your Debian system!).
Package: busybox-static
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
+Conflicts: busybox
+Replaces: busybox
Section: shells
-Description: Provides a stand alone rescue shell with tons of builtin utilities.
+Description: Standalone rescue shell with tons of builtin utilities.
BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single
small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for the most common
- utilities you would usually find on your desktop system (i.e. ls, cp, mv,
- mount, tar, etc). The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than
+ utilities you would usually find on your desktop system (i.e., ls, cp, mv,
+ mount, tar, etc.). The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than
their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included
provide the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU
counterparts.
your system from certain destruction. Invoke "busybox", and it will list the
available builtin commands.
+Package: busybox-udeb
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
+Section: debian-installer
+Priority: standard
+Description: Tiny utilities for the debian-installer
+ BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single
+ small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for the most common
+ utilities you would usually find on your desktop system (i.e., ls, cp, mv,
+ mount, tar, etc.). The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than
+ their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included
+ provide the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU
+ counterparts.
+ .
+ busybox-udeb is used by the debian-installer, so unless you are working
+ on the debian-installer, this package is not for you. Installing this
+ on your Debian system is a very, very bad idea. You have been warned.
+