From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j3MEpFvt014910 for ; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 14:51:16 GMT Received: from [213.134.113.127] (helo=[10.122.0.61]) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1DOzUd-0006SK-FW for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 14:50:55 +0000 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Replace 'sash' with 'busybox' as our static rescue shell From: Spider To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <1114179312.32174.5.camel@localhost> References: <200504220938.47437.vapier@gentoo.org> <1114178582.3552.7.camel@Darkmere> <1114179312.32174.5.camel@localhost> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-yH/l5lNNdmUr5bdVfw9X" Organization: Gentoo Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 16:51:21 +0200 Message-Id: <1114181481.3552.13.camel@Darkmere> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.1.1 X-Archives-Salt: 8cd12467-59e7-4e6e-beee-3e7e777457a3 X-Archives-Hash: 35724260650324e23138a83d43fe5d1f --=-yH/l5lNNdmUr5bdVfw9X Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 10:15 -0400, Ned Ludd wrote: > On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 16:03 +0200, Spider wrote: > > On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 09:38 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > >> [STUFF].. >=20 >=20 > > Oh, and unless you have another editor as binary built into your shell, > > don't remove ed. A "trusted" editor is good. Sash is seldom used for > > "My system is haxxored" however its often used for "I fucked up glibc" > > and an editor is a handy thing, even if its as obscure as "ed" >=20 > busybox.static would provide a minimal vi editor. >=20 > A default compile should produce the following applets (give or take a > few based on what the new ebuild will provide) >=20 Yep, and the vi editor would be a very good choice as an builtin. Especially since its far easier to use than Ed is. =20 ( yes, this is an area I feel rather strongly about, its not a single time that I've been in static shells doing system recovery after either hardware,software or administrator failure. Having a good recovery system on-disk is wonderful ) //Spider --=20 begin .signature Tortured users / Laughing in pain See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end --=-yH/l5lNNdmUr5bdVfw9X Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBCaQ9pZS9CZTi033kRAmxjAJ9yrDbP+rT8KXTiGYYCGVpMxNb9PwCeJffF n//5/t3cFdYO3VrUzd3UoL8= =GFur -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-yH/l5lNNdmUr5bdVfw9X-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list