2 * Added the -s option to du -beppu
3 * Fixed an embarrasing segfault in head -beppu
4 * Fixed an bug in syslogd causing it to stop logging after 20 minutes. -erik
5 * New Apps: lsmod, rmmod -erik
6 * New Apps: fbset contributed by Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>.
7 * Fixed the embarrasing failure of the -p opition in the logger app. -erik
8 * Re-worked the whole source tree a bit so it will compile under glibc 2.0.7
9 with the 2.0.x Linux kernel.
10 * Added 'grep -q' thanks to a patch from "Konstantin Boldyshev"
12 * Implemented sort. -beppu
17 * New Apps: ping, hostname, and mkfifo contributed by Randolph Chung
18 <tausq@debian.org>. 3 items off the TODO list!
19 * I wrote free (just calls "cat /proc/meminfo").
20 * Added tail, based on tail from GNU textutils-1.19, but adjusted
21 to suit my evil purposes. Costs 6k. I'll make it smaller sometime.
22 * on reboot, init called 'umount -a -n', which caused errors
23 when BB_MTAB was not enabled. Changed to 'umount -a',
24 which does the right thing.
25 * init will now try to run /sbin/getty if it is present (for easy
26 integration with the about-to-be-released tinylogin.)
27 * kill now behaves itself properly, added 'kill -l' to list signals
28 * 'ls -l' was failing on long directories, since my_getid was leaking
29 one file descriptor per file. Oops.
30 * Fixed rebooting from init. I'd accidently left some debugging code in
31 which blocked reboots.
32 * Fixed reboot, halt (and added poweroff) such that they handle it when
33 init is not at PID 1 (like when running in an initrd).
34 * Added a prelinary du implementation. Some parameter parsing
35 stuff still needs to be added. -beppu (John Beppu <beppu@lineo.com>)
36 * Implemented tee. -beppu
37 * Implemented head. -beppu
39 -Erik Andersen, Dec 10, 1999
42 * Fixed a segfault in 'umount -a' when a badly formed /etc/fstab
44 * df will not exit on error, but will stat all mounted filesystems.
45 * Fixed tar so uid/gid/permissions on extracted tarballs will be correct.
46 * Fixed find -name so it properly uses shell wildcard patterns
47 (i.e. `*', `?', and `[]') instead of regular expressions, which
48 was causing some confusing and unexpected behavior.
49 * Added klogd to syslogd, so now the log will contain both system and
51 * syslogd now creates the /dev/log socket to make sure it is there, and
52 is actually a socket with the right permissions.
53 * I've taken a first step to making busybox not need the /proc
54 filesystem. Most apps don't need it. Those that _require_ it,
55 will complain if you enable them when you disable
56 BB_FEATURE_USE_PROCFS.
58 -Erik Andersen, Dec 5, 1999
61 * Wrote a micro syslogd, and a logger util (to log things to the syslog
62 from the command line or scripts) With both compiled in, costs 4k.
63 * Fixed 'make install' so symlinks are installed in their proper locations.
64 * Changed the build system slightly so that features can now be enabled
65 or disabled from the busybox.defs.h header file, without trying to
66 compile in a source file named after that featue (unless that file exists).
67 * Several options are now moved into busybox.defs.h
68 * Now 'rm -R' and 'rm -r' both work.
69 * dd now properly handles input beyond 1 block from stdin.
70 * Fixed a bug where tar unpacked everything a directories. Moved some code
71 from createPath into mkdir where it belonged, thereby making tar work properly.
72 * Fixed an off-by-one bug in cat. Given a list of file it wouldn't cat out the
73 last file in the list.
74 * Fixed 'ls -ln' so numeric group/uid are presented properly, and fixed 'ls -l'
75 so when uid/gid is not in /etc/{passwd,group} the numeric group/uid are
80 -Erik Andersen, Nov 25, 1999
83 * fixed dd so it properly defaults to stdin and stdout when no
84 if= and of= are set (fix thanks to Eric Delaunay).
85 * Don't try to close the file descriptor of a pipein tar. (fix also from
87 * Made createPath be quiet (again thanks to Eric Delaunay).
88 * If BB_CONSOLE_CMD_IF_RC_SCRIPT_EXITS is defined, then whatever
89 command you define it as will be run if the init script exits.
90 * Updated install.sh to make it more robust (thanks to Adam Di Carlo)
91 * NFS support added to mount by Eric Delaunay. It costs 10k when compiled
92 in, but that is still a big win for those that use NFS.
93 * Made 'rm -f' be silent for non-existant files (thanks to Eric Delaunay).
94 * changed zcat.c to gunzip.c. It now obeys the principle of least surprise
95 and acts as god intended gunzip and zcat to act. They answer --help and
97 * Fixed a bug in mv which caused it to not move files when the destination
99 * Fixed a decimal-instead-of-octal bug causing mkdir to make directories
100 with very wrong permissions.
101 * chmod would overwrite file permissions instead of modifying them.
102 Now it properly modifies permissions.
103 * Init now sends warnings destined for the console to /dev/console to ensure
104 they show up on whatever the active console it. Otherwise important
105 messages (for example that the system is rebooting) were not seen when
106 switched to a different VT.
108 -Erik Andersen, Nov 17, 1999
111 * gzip now obeys the principle of least surprise and acts like god intended
112 (i.e. it accepts a file name, answers --help, and obeys the '-c' flag
113 and only then outputs to stdout).
114 * Fixed more.c to compile autowidth on sparc and set initial winsize
115 to 0,0 in case the TIOCGWINSZ ioctl fails. Fix thanks to Eric Delaunay.
116 * Fixed tar so it now works as expected (it had TRUE/FALSE backwards)
117 * tar now accepts --help
118 * chmod, chown, and chgrp usage now works
119 * General usage (i.e. --help) cleanups for most apps
120 * umount now parses options correctly
121 * tar can now unpack tarballs containing device special files,
122 sockets, and fifos (though it can't pack them up) thanks
123 to Matt Porter. Creating archives containing these is still
124 left to the interested student.
125 * fixed up the license in more.c to properly point to Bruce Perens.
127 -Erik Andersen, Nov 11, 1999
130 * ls -l now displays link names outside the current directory,
131 Patch thanks to Eric Delaunay
132 * init now properly handles sparc serial consoles and does a
133 better job of finding the real console device rather than using
134 /dev/console which doesn't support job control. Patch also
135 thanks to Eric Delaunay.
136 * more started to read from stdin after the last file was finished, and
137 options were not parsed correctly (fix thanks to Eric Delaunay).
138 * more will now use the terminal size if BB_FEATURE_AUTOWIDTH is on.
139 * rm wouldn't remove a symlink unless the symlink was valid. This was
140 a side effect of the busybox 0.32 recursiveAction() fix. Things
141 should now work correctly.
142 * grep wouldn't grep stdin. Now it does.
143 * sed wouldn't sed stdin. Now it does.
144 * sed was appending a \n to the end of lines with replacements.
145 Now it doesn't do that.
146 * ls -l now bypasses libc6 nss when displaying user/group names.
147 Now uses my_getpwuid and my_getgrgid.
149 -Erik Andersen, Nov 8, 1999
152 * Fixed a bug where init could hang instead of rebooting.
153 * Removed some debugging noise from init.c
154 * Fixed ln so it works now (it was very broken).
155 * Fixed df so it won't segfault when there is no /etc/fstab,
156 * If BB_MTAB is not defined, df and mount will whine if /etc/fstab
157 is not installed (since they cannot fixup "/dev/root" to
158 state the real root device name)
159 * merged some redundant code from mtab.c/df.c into utility.c
161 -Erik Andersen, Nov 5, 1999
164 * More changes -- many thanks to Lineo for paying me to work on
165 busybox. If you have any problems please let me know ASAP
166 at andersen@lineo.com or andersee@debian.org
167 * usage() now prints the BusyBox version. This will help folks
168 realize that they are not in Kansas anymore.
169 * Fixed mkdir -m option so that it works.
170 * kill segfaulted w/o any arguments. Now it doesn't do that.
171 * kill wasn't properly accepting signal names. It does now.
172 * Added new apps chvt and deallocvt (I should probably add open)
173 * Major rewrite of init.c. Code is now readable by mere mortals IMHO.
174 * Wrote sed -- weighs only 1.8k (5.8k with full regular expressions!).
175 * Fixed a stupid seg-fault in sync
176 * Fixed mount -- mount -a failed to parse and apply mount options
177 * Fixed umount -n (patch thanks to Matthew Grant <grantma@anathoth.gen.nz>)
178 * umount -a no longer umounts /proc
179 * Added BB_MTAB, allowing (at the cost of ~1.5k and the need for a rw /etc)
180 folks to use a real /etc/mtab file instead of a symlink to /proc/mounts.
181 mount, and umount will add/remove entries and df will now use /etc/mtab
182 if BB_MTAB is defined.
183 * Fixed a nice bug in recursiveAction() which caused it to infinitely
184 hunt through /proc/../fd/* creating new file descriptors if it
185 followed the /dev/fd link over to /proc. recursiveAction() now
186 lstat's the file when followLinks==FALSE so it won't follow links
187 as the name suggests. Fix thanks to Matt Porter <porter@debian.org>.
190 -Erik Andersen, Nov 4, 1999
193 * I added a changelog for version 0.30.
194 * adjusted find internals to make it smaller, and removed
196 * Fixed a segfault in ps when /etc/passwd or /etc/group
197 are absent. Now will warn you and carry on.
198 * Added in optional _real_ regular expression support (to be
199 the basis for a future sed utility). When compiled in
200 it adds 3.9k, but makes grep much more capable.
201 * Checked out using nftw(3) for recursive stuff, but unfortunatly
202 it wasn't supported before GNU libc 2.1, and some folks use
203 glibc 2.0.7 since it is much smaller than that latest and greatest.
205 -Erik Andersen, Oct 21, 1999
208 Major changes -- lots of stuff rewritten. Many thanks to Lineo for
209 paying me to make these updates. If you have any problems with busybox,
210 or notice any bugs -- please let me know so I can fix it. These
214 * busybox can now invoke apps in two ways: via symlinks to the
215 busybox binary, and as 'busybox [function] [arguments]...'
216 * When invoked as busybox, the list of currently compiled in
217 functions is printed out (no this is not bloat -- the list
218 has to be there anyway to map invocation name to function).
219 * busybox no longer parses command lines for apps or displays their
220 usage info. Each app gets to handle (or not handle) this for
222 * Eliminated monadic, dyadic, descend, block_device, and
223 postprocess. It was cumbersome to have so many programs
224 cobbled together in this way. Without them, the app is much
226 * All shared code now lives in utility.c, and is properly
227 ifdef'ed to be only included for those apps requiring it.
228 * Eliminated struct FileInfo (the basis of monadic, dyadic, etc)
229 so now each app has the function prototype of (da-dum):
230 extern int foo_main(int argc, char** argv);
231 which speeds integration of new apps.
232 * Adjusted the Makefile to make it easier to
233 {en|dis}able debugging.
234 * Changed default compiler optimization to -Os
235 (optimize for smaller binaries).
238 * To cope with the new app function prototype and the removal of
239 monadic, dyadic, etc, the following apps were re-written:
240 * cat - Works same as always.
241 * chgrp, chmod, chown - rewrite. Combined into a single
242 source file. Absorbed patches from Enrique Zanardi <ezanard@debian.org>
243 that removes the dependency on libc6 libnss* libraries.
244 * cp - Can now do 'cp -a' can can copy devices,
245 pipes, symlinks, as well as recursive or non-recursive dir copies.
246 * fdflush - adjusted to remove dependancy on struct FileInfo.
247 * find - Now includes some basic regexp matching
248 which will be the basic of a future mini-sed.
249 * ln - Same functionality.
250 * mkdir - Added -p flag to feature set.
252 * rm - Added -f flag to feature set.
253 * rmdir - Same functionality.
254 * swapon, swapoff - Combined into a single binary. No longer
255 uses /etc/swaps. swap{on|off} -a uses /etc/fstab instead.
256 * touch - Same functionality.
257 * date - adjusted with a patch from Matthew Grant <grantma@anathoth.gen.nz>
258 to accomodate glibc timezone support. I then ripped out GNU getopt.
259 * mkswap -- new version merged from util-linux. Can now make >128Meg swaps.
260 * Replaced the old and star, unstar, and tarcat with the tar
261 implementation from sash. Now tar behaves as god intended
262 it to (i.e. tar -xvf <file> and tar -cf <file> <dir> work).
263 * dd -- rewritten. Can with with files, stdin, stdout.
264 * Added the following new apps:
265 * loadfont -- added from debian boot floppies
266 * chroot -- added based on a patch from Paolo Molaro <lupus@lettere.unipd.it>
267 * grep -- I just wrote it. Only matches simple strings
268 * ps -- I just wrote it. Has _no_ options at all, but works.
269 * fsck_minix, mkfs_minix -- added from util-linux, but I ripped out
270 internationalization and such to make them smaller.
271 * sfdisk -- Added from util-linux (minus internationalization and such).
272 * Probably some other changes that I forgot to document...
274 -Erik Andersen, Oct 20, 1999
277 This version was a messy pre-alpha. stay away or it will bite you.
278 -Erik Andersen, Sep 24, 1999
281 mini-netcat (mnc) rewritten.
284 Mount now supports -a, and -t auto.
285 Mount now updates mtab correctly for 'ro'.
286 More checks screen rows size, outputs bytes percentage.
287 Printf added as module.
289 Touch now creates files. -c option for no create.