Pico and the big ash

[Larry Baird]

In article <3FA7CC50.8070909 at bsd.com.br> you wrote:
> Hello :)
> 
> I have made a PicoBSD based on the latest 5.1-CURRENT code (w/o the 
> debug stuff, sure) and i noticed that /bin/sh is considerably bigger on 
> 5 when compared to RELENG_4 (had never noticed before). Is there a 
> compatible sh (for the rc scripts) shell, that is smallber than the 
> system's? Or, a way i can build src/bin/sh smaller, or even an 
> alternative not so feature-rich ash shell that can compile on REL_5.. 
> Have also tried msh tinyware, but it does not build. I am not a good C 
> programmer so rewriting myself the system's src/bin/sh is something i 
> cannt do.
> 
> Any idea/suggestions?
If you rebuild the tinyware stuff with -DOINIT_RC it will not use
an external shell, but instead use a simple built in one.  Depending
upon your shell needs this may or may not work for you.  Take a 
look at /usr/src/release/picobsd/tinyware/oinit/README.

Larry

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