[patch] prevent ash executing non-files

[Denis Vlasenko]

On Monday 11 September 2006 23:37, Rob Landley wrote:
> > my target is to make a test environment like that of bash
> > working for ash. therefore i/we need some understanding what
> > right. i understand i should discuss that mainly with denis and berhard.
> > ok ?
> 
> My eventual goal for bbsh as a project is to make a reasonable small bash 
> replacement (at least when you enable all the config options).  But I'm not 
> going to use any of the ash code, and I'd someday like to remove ash because 
> it's enormous and bloated, can't configure down as small as lash, and doesn't 
> strike me as a good basis for future shell work.  Before I started bbsh there 
> were four separately implemented busybox shells that only share some add-on 
> code.
> 
> I want to unify the mess.  The previous unification attempt (hush) failed 
> because it couldn't configure down as small as lash and thus replace it.  In 
> that context, basing the unifcation attempt on the largest, ugliest, and most 
> bloated of the shells would have been insane.

Rest assured that shell is currently the weakest spot of bbox
and your work is very much appreciated. Really.
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vda