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These are the canonical master copies of the user database files (/etc/passwd and /etc/group), containing the Debian-allocated user and group IDs. The update-passwd tool is provided to keep the system databases synchronized with these master files.

The GNU Bourne Again SHell

Bash is ultimately intended to be a conformant implementation of the IEEE POSIX Shell and Tools specification (IEEE Working Group 1003.2).

The Programmable Completion Code, by Ian Macdonald, is now found in the bash-completion package.

programmable completion for the bash shell

Documentation and examples for the The GNU Bourne Again SHell

Bash is an sh-compatible command language interpreter that executes commands read from the standard input or from a file. Bash also incorporates useful features from the Korn and C shells (ksh and csh).

The Insidious Big Brother Database (email rolodex) for Emacs

BBDB is a rolodex-like database program for GNU Emacs. BBDB stands for Insidious Big Brother Database, and is not, repeat, *not* an obscure reference to the Buck Rogers TV series.

The GNU bc arbitrary precision calculator language

GNU bc is an interactive algebraic language with arbitrary precision which follows the POSIX 1003.2 draft standard, with several extensions including multi-character variable names, an `else' statement and full Boolean expressions. GNU bc does not require the separate GNU dc program. Home page: http://directory.fsf.org/GNU/bc.html

16-bit x86 C compiler

This is a C-compiler for 8086 cpus which is important for the development of boot loaders or BIOS related 8086 code.

It is possible to run 8086 code under i386 Linux using an emulator, `elksemu', also included in this package.

Broadcast relay daemon

The bcrelay daemon relays broadcasts between two interfaces. It is shipped with the pptpd package, but can be used for other purposes.

Source for fonts needed to build Debian installers

This package contains bdf fonts needed to build the international version of boot-floppies and Debian-Installer (replacement for boot-floppies).

If you aren't building Debian boot & install floppies or CDs, you probably don't need this package.

16-bit x86 assembler and loader

This is the as86 and ld86 distribution written by Bruce Evans. It's a complete 8086 assembler and loader which can make 32-bit code for the 386+ processors.

Internet Domain Name Server

Documentation for BIND

This package provides various documents that are useful for maintaining a working BIND installation.

Version of 'host' bundled with BIND 9.X

Support for extra binary formats

The binfmt_misc kernel module, contained in versions 2.1.43 and later of the Linux kernel, allows system administrators to register interpreters for various binary formats based on a magic number or their file extension, and cause the appropriate interpreter to be invoked whenever a matching file is executed. Think of it as a more flexible version of the #! executable interpreter mechanism.

This package provides an 'update-binfmts' script with which package maintainers can register interpreters to be used with this module without having to worry about writing their own init.d scripts, and which sysadmins can use for a slightly higher-level interface to this module.

The GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities