CONTENTS: aaa_base bash comms cpio devs e2fsbn etc find getty gpm grep gzip ldso       
aaa_base: Basic Linux filesystem package.
aaa_base:
aaa_base: Sets up the basic directory structure and adds a few important
aaa_base: binaries such as GNU mtools 2.0.7, zip201, and unzip512.
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bash:     GNU bash-1.14.5
bash:
bash:     The GNU Bourne-Again SHell.  Bash is a sh-compatible command language
bash:     interpreter that executes commands read from the standard input or 
bash:     from a file.  Bash also incorporates useful features from the Korn
bash:     and C shells (ksh and csh).  Bash is ultimately intended to be a 
bash:     conformant implementation of the IEEE Posix Shell and Tools
bash:     specification (IEEE Working Group 1003.2).
bash:
bash:     Bash must be present for the system to boot properly.
bash:
comms:    Serial file-transfer and communication packages.
comms:   
comms:    Includes these programs:
comms:    
comms:    Minicom - a full featured menu-driven communications package similar
comms:    to the DOS program 'Telix'.
comms:
comms:    sz/rz - utilities used to upload and download files using the Zmodem
comms:    protocol.
comms:
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cpio:     The GNU cpio backup and archiving utility v. 2.3
cpio:
cpio:     This is GNU cpio, a program to manage archives of files. This package
cpio:     also includes mt, a tape drive control program. cpio copies files into
cpio:     or out of a cpio or tar archive, which is a file that contains other
cpio:     files plus information about them, such as their pathname, owner,
cpio:     timestamps, and access permissions. The archive can be another file on
cpio:     the disk, a magnetic tape, or a pipe.
cpio:
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devs:     Device files.
devs:
devs:     This package creates special files in the /dev directory that 
devs:     represent your system's hardware.
devs:
devs:
devs:
devs:
devs:
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e2fsbn:   Utilities for the second extended file system v. 0.5b
e2fsbn:
e2fsbn:   Utilities needed to create and maintain ext2 filesystems under Linux.
e2fsbn:   Included in this package are: chattr, lsattr, mke2fs, mklost+found,
e2fsbn:   tune2fs, e2fsck, and badblocks. 
e2fsbn:
e2fsbn:   These utilities were written by Remy Card (the developer and
e2fsbn:   maintainer of the ext2 fs) and Theodore T'so.
e2fsbn:
e2fsbn:
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etc:      System configuration files that go into the /etc directory.
etc:
etc:      The /etc directory is traditionally the location where configuration
etc:      files and administration binaries are found. Under Linux, the binaries
etc:      have been moved out of the /etc directory and into the /sbin 
etc:      directory; the /etc directory is now reserved for configuration files
etc:      only. 
etc:
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find:     GNU findutils-4.1
find:
find:     This package contains the GNU find, xargs, and locate programs.
find:     find and xargs comply with POSIX 1003.2, as far as I know.  They
find:     also support some additional options, some borrowed from Unix and
find:     some unique to GNU.
find:
find:
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getty:    getty_ps 2.0.7e
getty:
getty:    /sbin/getty and /sbin/uugetty. 
getty:    These control the process of logging into your system, and may be used
getty:    instead of 'agetty', which is the default getty included with
getty:    util-linux-1.6. getty_ps supports a number of enhancements such as
getty:    ringback support.
getty:
getty:
getty:
getty:
gpm:      General purpose mouse support v1.00
gpm:
gpm:      This program is based on the 'selection' package, and allows you to
gpm:      use the mouse to cut and paste text from the screen.  It also acts as
gpm:      a mouse server for applications running on the Linux console, such as 
gpm:      the Midnight Commander file manager and dialog. 
gpm:
gpm:      NOTE:  This program may cause problems when you start X on systems 
gpm:      that do not use a serial mouse.  If you get an 'unable to open mouse 
gpm:      device' error from X, remove gpm from /etc/rc.d/rc.local.
gpm:
grep:     GNU grep 2.0
grep:
grep:     Grep searches the named input files (or standard input if no files are
grep:     named, or the file name - is given) for lines containing a match to
grep:     the given pattern.  This is the 'fastest grep in the west' (we hope).
grep:
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gzip:     GNU zip compression utilities. (v. 1.2.4)
gzip:
gzip:     Gzip reduces the size of the named files using Lempel-Ziv coding
gzip:     (LZ77).  Whenever possible, each file is replaced by one with the
gzip:     extension .gz, while keeping the same ownership modes, access and
gzip:     modification times.
gzip:
gzip:
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ldso:     ld.so 1.7.3, the dynamic linker/loader.
ldso:
ldso:     ld.so completes the final process of linking all necessary references
ldso:     to sharable objects and unreferenced symbols in an impure executable,
ldso:     (usually a dynamically linked executable), to produce a runnable file.
ldso:     Nearly all Linux binaries in a.out format will be 'incomplete' and
ldso:     require further linking at run time. ld.so's job is thus to complete
ldso:     the linking process started at compilation. ld.so was written by David
ldso:     Engel, Eric Youngdale, Peter MacDonald, Hongjiu Lu, Linus Torvalds,
ldso:     Lars Wirzenius and Mitch D'Souza.
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