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2011-04-23
, 10:17
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@ Quezon City, Philippines
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install bash4, touch /bin/bash, symlink /bin/bash to /bin/bash4, install coreutils-gnu. setup aliases to use the g{PROGRAM_NAME_HERE} instead of the built-in busybox utils.
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2011-04-23
, 22:16
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Originally Posted by oneat
I totally disagree. Busybox is very high quality software.
This busybox is horrible. Every program built-in is low quality and fails in majority of functions. Do you know some type of replacement for it like normal linux shell or isn't there better idea to just replace all these subprograms?
What I would agree with is that it is infuriatingly limited for interactive shells... especially when you are used to bash and the full GNU suite. But be clear - that is not because of poor quality, only it is natural because Busybox is written with very different design constraints and goals - and for what it is intended to do - its brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
(Sorry my FUD alarm just threw a wobbly!)
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2011-04-26
, 20:15
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Originally Posted by phedders
I didn't mean that busybox is low quality. I meant that built-in apps like grep etc got lower functionality than their cousins in standard linux bash.
I totally disagree. Busybox is very high quality software.
What I would agree with is that it is infuriatingly limited for interactive shells... especially when you are used to bash and the full GNU suite. But be clear - that is not because of poor quality, only it is natural because Busybox is written with very different design constraints and goals - and for what it is intended to do - its brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
(Sorry my FUD alarm just threw a wobbly!)
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2011-05-05
, 10:59
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@ nanaurbusiness
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#6
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Originally Posted by Hurrian
Hi there, could someone please help with setting up the aliases. I'm not really sure where to put bashrc .. (there is no profile.d folder in /etc)
setup aliases to use the g{PROGRAM_NAME_HERE} instead of the built-in busybox utils.
I tried the existend profiled folder but I couldn't see any differences in bash terminal. I tried only some custom color settings so far.
Thx in advance,
..::J4ZZ::..
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2011-05-05
, 11:47
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@ Noord-Holland, Netherlands
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Originally Posted by oneat
Maybe you are looking fore something like in this thread http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=71987&page=3
This busybox is horrible. Every program built-in is low quality and fails in majority of functions. Do you know some type of replacement for it like normal linux shell or isn't there better idea to just replace all these subprograms?
surge for the post of iDont #26
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Last edited by oneat; 2011-04-23 at 08:08.