2 * Wrote a micro syslogd, and a logger util (to log things to the syslog
3 from the command line or scripts) With both compiled in, costs 4k.
4 * Fixed 'make install' so symlinks are installed in their proper locations.
5 * Changed the build system slightly so that features can now be enabled
6 or disabled from the busybox.defs.h header file, without trying to
7 compile in a source file named after that featue (unless that file exists).
8 * Several options are now moved into busybox.defs.h
9 * Now 'rm -R' and 'rm -r' both work.
10 * dd now properly handles input beyond 1 block from stdin.
11 * Fixed a bug where tar unpacked everything a directories. Moved some code
12 from createPath into mkdir where it belonged, thereby making tar work properly.
13 * Fixed an off-by-one bug in cat. Given a list of file it wouldn't cat out the
14 last file in the list.
15 * Fixed 'ls -ln' so numeric group/uid are presented properly, and fixed 'ls -l'
16 so when uid/gid is not in /etc/{passwd,group} the numeric group/uid are
24 * fixed dd so it properly defaults to stdin and stdout when no
25 if= and of= are set (fix thanks to Eric Delaunay).
26 * Don't try to close the file descriptor of a pipein tar. (fix also from
28 * Made createPath be quiet (again thanks to Eric Delaunay).
29 * If BB_CONSOLE_CMD_IF_RC_SCRIPT_EXITS is defined, then whatever
30 command you define it as will be run if the init script exits.
31 * Updated install.sh to make it more robust (thanks to Adam Di Carlo)
32 * NFS support added to mount by Eric Delaunay. It costs 10k when compiled
33 in, but that is still a big win for those that use NFS.
34 * Made 'rm -f' be silent for non-existant files (thanks to Eric Delaunay).
35 * changed zcat.c to gunzip.c. It now obeys the principle of least surprise
36 and acts as god intended gunzip and zcat to act. They answer --help and
38 * Fixed a bug in mv which caused it to not move files when the destination
40 * Fixed a decimal-instead-of-octal bug causing mkdir to make directories
41 with very wrong permissions.
42 * chmod would overwrite file permissions instead of modifying them.
43 Now it properly modifies permissions.
44 * Init now sends warnings destined for the console to /dev/console to ensure
45 they show up on whatever the active console it. Otherwise important
46 messages (for example that the system is rebooting) were not seen when
47 switched to a different VT.
49 -Erik Andersen, Nov 17, 1999
52 * gzip now obeys the principle of least surprise and acts like god intended
53 (i.e. it accepts a file name, answers --help, and obeys the '-c' flag
54 and only then outputs to stdout).
55 * Fixed more.c to compile autowidth on sparc and set initial winsize
56 to 0,0 in case the TIOCGWINSZ ioctl fails. Fix thanks to Eric Delaunay.
57 * Fixed tar so it now works as expected (it had TRUE/FALSE backwards)
58 * tar now accepts --help
59 * chmod, chown, and chgrp usage now works
60 * General usage (i.e. --help) cleanups for most apps
61 * umount now parses options correctly
62 * tar can now unpack tarballs containing device special files,
63 sockets, and fifos (though it can't pack them up) thanks
64 to Matt Porter. Creating archives containing these is still
65 left to the interested student.
66 * fixed up the license in more.c to properly point to Bruce Perens.
68 -Erik Andersen, Nov 11, 1999
71 * ls -l now displays link names outside the current directory,
72 Patch thanks to Eric Delaunay
73 * init now properly handles sparc serial consoles and does a
74 better job of finding the real console device rather than using
75 /dev/console which doesn't support job control. Patch also
76 thanks to Eric Delaunay.
77 * more started to read from stdin after the last file was finished, and
78 options were not parsed correctly (fix thanks to Eric Delaunay).
79 * more will now use the terminal size if BB_FEATURE_AUTOWIDTH is on.
80 * rm wouldn't remove a symlink unless the symlink was valid. This was
81 a side effect of the busybox 0.32 recursiveAction() fix. Things
82 should now work correctly.
83 * grep wouldn't grep stdin. Now it does.
84 * sed wouldn't sed stdin. Now it does.
85 * sed was appending a \n to the end of lines with replacements.
86 Now it doesn't do that.
87 * ls -l now bypasses libc6 nss when displaying user/group names.
88 Now uses my_getpwuid and my_getgrgid.
90 -Erik Andersen, Nov 8, 1999
93 * Fixed a bug where init could hang instead of rebooting.
94 * Removed some debugging noise from init.c
95 * Fixed ln so it works now (it was very broken).
96 * Fixed df so it won't segfault when there is no /etc/fstab,
97 * If BB_MTAB is not defined, df and mount will whine if /etc/fstab
98 is not installed (since they cannot fixup "/dev/root" to
99 state the real root device name)
100 * merged some redundant code from mtab.c/df.c into utility.c
102 -Erik Andersen, Nov 5, 1999
105 * More changes -- many thanks to Lineo for paying me to work on
106 busybox. If you have any problems please let me know ASAP
107 at andersen@lineo.com or andersee@debian.org
108 * usage() now prints the BusyBox version. This will help folks
109 realize that they are not in Kansas anymore.
110 * Fixed mkdir -m option so that it works.
111 * kill segfaulted w/o any arguments. Now it doesn't do that.
112 * kill wasn't properly accepting signal names. It does now.
113 * Added new apps chvt and deallocvt (I should probably add open)
114 * Major rewrite of init.c. Code is now readable by mere mortals IMHO.
115 * Wrote sed -- weighs only 1.8k (5.8k with full regular expressions!).
116 * Fixed a stupid seg-fault in sync
117 * Fixed mount -- mount -a failed to parse and apply mount options
118 * Fixed umount -n (patch thanks to Matthew Grant <grantma@anathoth.gen.nz>)
119 * umount -a no longer umounts /proc
120 * Added BB_MTAB, allowing (at the cost of ~1.5k and the need for a rw /etc)
121 folks to use a real /etc/mtab file instead of a symlink to /proc/mounts.
122 mount, and umount will add/remove entries and df will now use /etc/mtab
123 if BB_MTAB is defined.
124 * Fixed a nice bug in recursiveAction() which caused it to infinitely
125 hunt through /proc/../fd/* creating new file descriptors if it
126 followed the /dev/fd link over to /proc. recursiveAction() now
127 lstat's the file when followLinks==FALSE so it won't follow links
128 as the name suggests. Fix thanks to Matt Porter <porter@debian.org>.
131 -Erik Andersen, Nov 4, 1999
134 * I added a changelog for version 0.30.
135 * adjusted find internals to make it smaller, and removed
137 * Fixed a segfault in ps when /etc/passwd or /etc/group
138 are absent. Now will warn you and carry on.
139 * Added in optional _real_ regular expression support (to be
140 the basis for a future sed utility). When compiled in
141 it adds 3.9k, but makes grep much more capable.
142 * Checked out using nftw(3) for recursive stuff, but unfortunatly
143 it wasn't supported before GNU libc 2.1, and some folks use
144 glibc 2.0.7 since it is much smaller than that latest and greatest.
146 -Erik Andersen, Oct 21, 1999
149 Major changes -- lots of stuff rewritten. Many thanks to Lineo for
150 paying me to make these updates. If you have any problems with busybox,
151 or notice any bugs -- please let me know so I can fix it. These
155 * busybox can now invoke apps in two ways: via symlinks to the
156 busybox binary, and as 'busybox [function] [arguments]...'
157 * When invoked as busybox, the list of currently compiled in
158 functions is printed out (no this is not bloat -- the list
159 has to be there anyway to map invocation name to function).
160 * busybox no longer parses command lines for apps or displays their
161 usage info. Each app gets to handle (or not handle) this for
163 * Eliminated monadic, dyadic, descend, block_device, and
164 postprocess. It was cumbersome to have so many programs
165 cobbled together in this way. Without them, the app is much
167 * All shared code now lives in utility.c, and is properly
168 ifdef'ed to be only included for those apps requiring it.
169 * Eliminated struct FileInfo (the basis of monadic, dyadic, etc)
170 so now each app has the function prototype of (da-dum):
171 extern int foo_main(int argc, char** argv);
172 which speeds integration of new apps.
173 * Adjusted the Makefile to make it easier to
174 {en|dis}able debugging.
175 * Changed default compiler optimization to -Os
176 (optimize for smaller binaries).
179 * To cope with the new app function prototype and the removal of
180 monadic, dyadic, etc, the following apps were re-written:
181 * cat - Works same as always.
182 * chgrp, chmod, chown - rewrite. Combined into a single
183 source file. Absorbed patches from Enrique Zanardi <ezanard@debian.org>
184 that removes the dependency on libc6 libnss* libraries.
185 * cp - Can now do 'cp -a' can can copy devices,
186 pipes, symlinks, as well as recursive or non-recursive dir copies.
187 * fdflush - adjusted to remove dependancy on struct FileInfo.
188 * find - Now includes some basic regexp matching
189 which will be the basic of a future mini-sed.
190 * ln - Same functionality.
191 * mkdir - Added -p flag to feature set.
193 * rm - Added -f flag to feature set.
194 * rmdir - Same functionality.
195 * swapon, swapoff - Combined into a single binary. No longer
196 uses /etc/swaps. swap{on|off} -a uses /etc/fstab instead.
197 * touch - Same functionality.
198 * date - adjusted with a patch from Matthew Grant <grantma@anathoth.gen.nz>
199 to accomodate glibc timezone support. I then ripped out GNU getopt.
200 * mkswap -- new version merged from util-linux. Can now make >128Meg swaps.
201 * Replaced the old and star, unstar, and tarcat with the tar
202 implementation from sash. Now tar behaves as god intended
203 it to (i.e. tar -xvf <file> and tar -cf <file> <dir> work).
204 * dd -- rewritten. Can with with files, stdin, stdout.
205 * Added the following new apps:
206 * loadfont -- added from debian boot floppies
207 * chroot -- added based on a patch from Paolo Molaro <lupus@lettere.unipd.it>
208 * grep -- I just wrote it. Only matches simple strings
209 * ps -- I just wrote it. Has _no_ options at all, but works.
210 * fsck_minix, mkfs_minix -- added from util-linux, but I ripped out
211 internationalization and such to make them smaller.
212 * sfdisk -- Added from util-linux (minus internationalization and such).
213 * Probably some other changes that I forgot to document...
215 -Erik Andersen, Oct 20, 1999
218 This version was a messy pre-alpha. stay away or it will bite you.
219 -Erik Andersen, Sep 24, 1999
222 mini-netcat (mnc) rewritten.
225 Mount now supports -a, and -t auto.
226 Mount now updates mtab correctly for 'ro'.
227 More checks screen rows size, outputs bytes percentage.
228 Printf added as module.
230 Touch now creates files. -c option for no create.