2 * usage() now printf the BusyBox version. This will help folks
3 realize that they are not in Kansas anymore.
4 * Fixed mkdir -m option so that it works.
5 * kill segfaulted w/o any arguments. Now it doesn't do that.
6 * kill wasn't properly accepting signal names. It does now.
11 * I added a changelog for version 0.30.
12 * adjusted find internals to make it smaller, and removed
14 * Fixed a segfault in ps when /etc/passwd or /etc/group
15 are absent. Now will warn you and carry on.
16 * Added in optional _real_ regular expression support (to be
17 the basis for a future sed utility). When compiled in
18 it adds 3.9k, but makes grep much more capable.
19 * Checked out using nftw(3) for recursive stuff, but unfortunatly
20 it wasn't supported before GNU libc 2.1, and some folks use
21 glibc 2.0.7 since it is much smaller than that latest and greatest.
26 Major changes -- lots of stuff rewritten. Many thanks to Lineo for
27 paying me to make these updates. If you have any problems with busybox,
28 or notice any bugs -- please let me know so I can fix it. These
32 * busybox can now invoke apps in two ways: via symlinks to the
33 busybox binary, and as 'busybox [function] [arguments]...'
34 * When invoked as busybox, the list of currently compiled in
35 functions is printed out (no this is not bloat -- the list
36 has to be there anyway to map invocation name to function).
37 * busybox no longer parses command lines for apps or displays their
38 usage info. Each app gets to handle (or not handle) this for
40 * Eliminated monadic, dyadic, descend, block_device, and
41 postprocess. It was cumbersome to have so many programs
42 cobbled together in this way. Without them, the app is much
44 * All shared code now lives in utility.c, and is properly
45 ifdef'ed to be only included for those apps requiring it.
46 * Eliminated struct FileInfo (the basis of monadic, dyadic, etc)
47 so now each app has the function prototype of (da-dum):
48 extern int foo_main(int argc, char** argv);
49 which speeds integration of new apps.
50 * Adjusted the Makefile to make it easier to
51 {en|dis}able debugging.
52 * Changed default compiler optimization to -Os
53 (optimize for smaller binaries).
56 * To cope with the new app function prototype and the removal of
57 monadic, dyadic, etc, the following apps were re-written:
58 * cat - Works same as always.
59 * chgrp, chmod, chown - rewrite. Combined into a single
60 source file. Absorbed patches from Enrique Zanardi <ezanard@debian.org>
61 that removes the dependency on libc6 libnss* libraries.
62 * cp - Can now do 'cp -a' can can copy devices,
63 pipes, symlinks, as well as recursive or non-recursive dir copies.
64 * fdflush - adjusted to remove dependancy on struct FileInfo.
65 * find - Now includes some basic regexp matching
66 which will be the basic of a future mini-sed.
67 * ln - Same functionality.
68 * mkdir - Added -p flag to feature set.
70 * rm - Added -f flag to feature set.
71 * rmdir - Same functionality.
72 * swapon, swapoff - Combined into a single binary. No longer
73 uses /etc/swaps. swap{on|off} -a uses /etc/fstab instead.
74 * touch - Same functionality.
75 * date - adjusted with a patch from Matthew Grant <grantma@anathoth.gen.nz>
76 to accomodate glibc timezone support. I then ripped out GNU getopt.
77 * mkswap -- new version merged from util-linux. Can now make >128Meg swaps.
78 * Replaced the old and star, unstar, and tarcat with the tar
79 implementation from sash. Now tar behaves as god intended
80 it to (i.e. tar -xvf <file> and tar -cf <file> <dir> work).
81 * dd -- rewritten. Can with with files, stdin, stdout.
82 * Added the following new apps:
83 * loadfont -- added from debian boot floppies
84 * chroot -- added based on a patch from Paolo Molaro <lupus@lettere.unipd.it>
85 * grep -- I just wrote it. Only matches simple strings
86 * ps -- I just wrote it. Has _no_ options at all, but works.
87 * fsck_minix, mkfs_minix -- added from util-linux, but I ripped out
88 internationalization and such to make them smaller.
89 * sfdisk -- Added from util-linux (minus internationalization and such).
90 * Probably some other changes that I forgot to document...
95 mini-netcat (mnc) rewritten.
98 Mount now supports -a, and -t auto.
99 Mount now updates mtab correctly for 'ro'.
100 More checks screen rows size, outputs bytes percentage.
101 Printf added as module.
103 Touch now creates files. -c option for no create.