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Port details on branch 2026Q2
dash POSIX-compliant implementation of /bin/sh
0.5.13.4 shells on this many watch lists=0 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 0.5.13.4Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: bdrewery@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2026-05-11 03:48:05
Last Update: 2026-05-11 03:45:06
Commit Hash: a05657f
License: BSD3CLAUSE
WWW:
http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/dash/
Description:
DASH is a POSIX-compliant implementation of /bin/sh that aims to be as small as possible. It does this without sacrificing speed where possible. In fact, it is significantly faster than bash (the GNU Bourne-Again SHell) for most tasks.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb - no subversion history for this port

Manual pages:
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. bin/dash
  2. share/man/man1/dash.1.gz
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/dash-0.5.13.4/catalog.mk
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/dash-0.5.13.4/LICENSE
  5. /usr/local/share/licenses/dash-0.5.13.4/BSD3CLAUSE
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • dash>0:shells/dash
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/shells/dash/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install shells/dash
  • pkg install dash
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: dash
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1778470358 SHA256 (dash-0.5.13.4.tar.gz) = d10dfd41cda59165560db39ca915c2c4a7636fff04281d8d2df77ad92c753e2b SIZE (dash-0.5.13.4.tar.gz) = 261171

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Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. gmake>=4.4.1 : devel/gmake
There are no ports dependent upon this port

Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for dash-0.5.13.4: DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
shells_dash
USES:
cpe gmake
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
Master Sites:
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  1. http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/dash/files/
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Number of commits found: 1

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
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0.5.13.4
11 May 2026 03:45:06
commit hash: a05657f81a9bea731ec4745ca324405330e7422fcommit hash: a05657f81a9bea731ec4745ca324405330e7422fcommit hash: a05657f81a9bea731ec4745ca324405330e7422fcommit hash: a05657f81a9bea731ec4745ca324405330e7422f files touched by this commit
Bryan Drewery (bdrewery) search for other commits by this committer
shells/dash: Update to 0.5.13.4.

Changes: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/dash/dash.git/log/
(cherry picked from commit 5172bd2c835f0e468150fb5cbbc7013151d0be43)

Number of commits found: 1