add compile-time check for correct DHCP packet size

[oweals/busybox.git] / README

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@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ What is busybox:
 
   BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single
   small executable.  It provides minimalist replacements for most of the
 
   BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single
   small executable.  It provides minimalist replacements for most of the

-  utilities you usually find in bzip2, coreutils, file, findutils, gawk, grep,
-  inetutils, modutils, net-tools, procps, sed, shadow, sysklogd, sysvinit, tar,
-  util-linux, and vim.  The utilities in BusyBox often have fewer options than
-  their full-featured cousins; however, the options that are included provide
-  the expected functionality and behave very much like their larger
-  counterparts.
+  utilities you usually find in bzip2, coreutils, dhcp, diffutils, e2fsprogs,
+  file, findutils, gawk, grep, inetutils, less, modutils, net-tools, procps,
+  sed, shadow, sysklogd, sysvinit, tar, util-linux, and vim.  The utilities
+  in BusyBox often have fewer options than their full-featured cousins;
+  however, the options that are included provide the expected functionality
+  and behave very much like their larger counterparts.

 
   BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and limited resources in
   mind, both to produce small binaries and to reduce run-time memory usage.
 
   BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and limited resources in
   mind, both to produce small binaries and to reduce run-time memory usage.


@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Using busybox:
   The behavior of busybox is determined by the name it's called under: as
   "cp" it behaves like cp, as "sed" it behaves like sed, and so on.  Called
   as "busybox" it takes the second argument as the name of the applet to
   The behavior of busybox is determined by the name it's called under: as
   "cp" it behaves like cp, as "sed" it behaves like sed, and so on.  Called
   as "busybox" it takes the second argument as the name of the applet to

-  run (I.E. "./busybox ls -l /proc"). 
+  run (I.E. "./busybox ls -l /proc").

 
   The "standalone shell" mode is an easy way to try out busybox; this is a
   command shell that calls the builtin applets without needing them to be
 
   The "standalone shell" mode is an easy way to try out busybox; this is a
   command shell that calls the builtin applets without needing them to be


@@ -50,9 +50,10 @@ Using busybox:
 
   The build automatically generates a file "busybox.links", which is used by
   'make install' to create symlinks to the BusyBox binary for all compiled in
 
   The build automatically generates a file "busybox.links", which is used by
   'make install' to create symlinks to the BusyBox binary for all compiled in

-  commands.  Use the PREFIX environment variable to specify where to install
-  the busybox binary and symlink forest.  (i.e., 'make PREFIX=/tmp/foo install',
-  or 'make PREFIX=/tmp/foo install-hardlinks' if you prefer hard links.)
+  commands.  This uses the PREFIX environment variable to specify where to
+  install, and installs hardlinks or symlinks depending on the configuration
+  preferences.  (You can also manually run the install script at
+  "applets/install.sh").

 
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@@ -64,11 +65,6 @@ Downloading the current source code:
     http://busybox.net/downloads/
 
   You can browse the up to the minute source code and change history online.
     http://busybox.net/downloads/
 
   You can browse the up to the minute source code and change history online.

-  The "stable" series is at:
-
-    http://www.busybox.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/branches/busybox_1_00_stable/busybox/
-
-  And the development series is at:

 
     http://www.busybox.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/busybox/
 
 
     http://www.busybox.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/busybox/
 


@@ -198,5 +194,5 @@ Supported hardware:
 
 Please feed suggestions, bug reports, insults, and bribes back to the busybox
 maintainer:
 
 Please feed suggestions, bug reports, insults, and bribes back to the busybox
 maintainer:

-       Erik Andersen
-       <andersen@codepoet.org>
+       Denis Vlasenko
+        <vda.linux@googlemail.com>