https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=291686
Bug ID: 291686
Summary: Intrinsic Shell Utilities shouldn't have an executable
if it is useless
Product: Base System
Version: Unspecified
Hardware: Any
OS: Any
Status: New
Severity: Affects Only Me
Priority: ---
Component: bin
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
There are some useless executables installed on FreeBSD, like alias, bg, cd,
fg, …. These are part of the Intrinsic Utilities [0] as defined by POSIX, as
they only exist to manipulate the *current* shells execution environment and
are useless when spawned on its own. That's a reason why they don't have to be
provided as executables [1]. Only kill is required as an executable.
I haven't checked if another of those intrinsic utilities is useful to have as
executable. But the useless ones should get removed.
[0]:
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/utilities/V3_chap01.html#tag_18_07
[1]:
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/utilities/V3_chap01.html#tag_18_06
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