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README

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lobase is a port of the OpenBSD userland to Linux.
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Caution
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There are subtle differences in GNU coreutils and the OpenBSD userland,
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replacing coreutils on Linux system without caution will result in
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issues with varying impact.
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If you build your own linux system from the ground up and you know that
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your scripts are all portable you can use lobase as main coreutils.
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Otherwise I suggest to use a prefixed installation and adding lobase to
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your users shell `PATH`.
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Installation
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README.sh

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lobase is a port of the OpenBSD userland to Linux.
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Caution
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There are subtle differences in GNU coreutils and the OpenBSD userland,
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replacing coreutils on Linux system without caution will result in
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issues with varying impact.
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If you build your own linux system from the ground up and you know that
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your scripts are all portable you can use lobase as main coreutils.
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Otherwise I suggest to use a prefixed installation and adding lobase to
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your users shell \`PATH\`.
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