Re: [dev] why reinvent busybox etc.?

From: Greg Reagle <greg.reagle_AT_umbc.edu>
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 12:02:02 -0500

I neglected to mention the Heirloom Toolchest at
http://heirloom.sourceforge.net/tools.html as another alternative.

On Fri, Nov 7, 2014, at 11:56 AM, Greg Reagle wrote:
> I infer from the existence of sbase and ubase that the other
> alternatives that already exist (e.g. busybox, toybox, GNU) are
> considered too full of suck. Is that right?
>
> I would guess that the GNU utilities are considerd too bloated. What
> are the perceived shortcomings of busybox and toybox? What about Plan 9
> from User Space?
>
> Thanks.

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