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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.
+for most tasks.
+
+To patch in fixes from current git, add 'USE_GIT_PATCH=yes' to the command
+line when building, like this:
+
+# USE_GIT_PATCH=yes sh dash.Slackbuild
+
+or, if you use fakeroot to build:
+
+$ fakeroot env USE_GIT_PATCH=yes sh dash.SlackBuild