+0.39
+ * New Apps: ping and hostname contributed by Randolph Chung
+ <tausq@debian.org>. 2 items off the TODO list!
+ * I wrote free (just calls "cat /proc/meminfo").
+ * Added tail, based on tail from GNU textutils-1.19, but adjusted
+ to suit my evil purposes. Costs 6k.
+ * on reboot, init called 'umount -a -n', which caused errors
+ when BB_MTAB was not enabled. Changed to 'umount -a',
+ which does the right thing.
+ * init will now try to run /sbin/getty if it is present (for easy
+ integration with the about-to-be-released tinylogin.)
+ * kill now behaves itself properly, added 'kill -l' to list signals
+ * 'ls -l' was failing on long directories, since my_getid was leaking
+ one file descriptor per file. Oops.
+ * Fixed rebooting from init. I'd accidently left some debugging code in
+ which blocked reboots.
+ * Fixed reboot, halt (and added poweroff) such that they handle it when
+ init is not at PID 1 (like when running in an initrd).
+ * Added a prelinary du implementation. Some parameter parsing
+ stuff still needs to be added. -beppu (John Beppu <beppu@lineo.com>)
+ * Implemented tee. -beppu
+ * Implemented head. -beppu
+
+ -Erik Andrsen
+
+0.38
+ * Fixed a segfault in 'umount -a' when a badly formed /etc/fstab
+ file existed.
+ * df will not exit on error, but will stat all mounted filesystems.
+ * Fixed tar so uid/gid/permissions on extracted tarballs will be correct.
+ * Fixed find -name so it properly uses shell wildcard patterns
+ (i.e. `*', `?', and `[]') instead of regular expressions, which
+ was causing some confusing and unexpected behavior.
+ * Added klogd to syslogd, so now the log will contain both system and
+ kernel messages.
+ * syslogd now creates the /dev/log socket to make sure it is there, and
+ is actually a socket with the right permissions.
+ * I've taken a first step to making busybox not need the /proc
+ filesystem. Most apps don't need it. Those that _require_ it,
+ will complain if you enable them when you disable
+ BB_FEATURE_USE_PROCFS.
+
+ -Erik Andrsen, Dec 5, 1999
+
+0.37
+ * Wrote a micro syslogd, and a logger util (to log things to the syslog
+ from the command line or scripts) With both compiled in, costs 4k.
+ * Fixed 'make install' so symlinks are installed in their proper locations.
+ * Changed the build system slightly so that features can now be enabled
+ or disabled from the busybox.defs.h header file, without trying to
+ compile in a source file named after that featue (unless that file exists).
+ * Several options are now moved into busybox.defs.h
+ * Now 'rm -R' and 'rm -r' both work.
+ * dd now properly handles input beyond 1 block from stdin.
+ * Fixed a bug where tar unpacked everything a directories. Moved some code
+ from createPath into mkdir where it belonged, thereby making tar work properly.
+ * Fixed an off-by-one bug in cat. Given a list of file it wouldn't cat out the
+ last file in the list.
+ * Fixed 'ls -ln' so numeric group/uid are presented properly, and fixed 'ls -l'
+ so when uid/gid is not in /etc/{passwd,group} the numeric group/uid are
+ presented properly.
+ * Also added a TODO.
+
+
+ -Erik Andrsen, Nov 25, 1999
+
+0.36
+ * fixed dd so it properly defaults to stdin and stdout when no
+ if= and of= are set (fix thanks to Eric Delaunay).
+ * Don't try to close the file descriptor of a pipein tar. (fix also from
+ Eric Delaunay).
+ * Made createPath be quiet (again thanks to Eric Delaunay).
+ * If BB_CONSOLE_CMD_IF_RC_SCRIPT_EXITS is defined, then whatever
+ command you define it as will be run if the init script exits.
+ * Updated install.sh to make it more robust (thanks to Adam Di Carlo)
+ * NFS support added to mount by Eric Delaunay. It costs 10k when compiled
+ in, but that is still a big win for those that use NFS.
+ * Made 'rm -f' be silent for non-existant files (thanks to Eric Delaunay).
+ * changed zcat.c to gunzip.c. It now obeys the principle of least surprise
+ and acts as god intended gunzip and zcat to act. They answer --help and
+ obey the '-c' flag.
+ * Fixed a bug in mv which caused it to not move files when the destination
+ was a directory.
+ * Fixed a decimal-instead-of-octal bug causing mkdir to make directories
+ with very wrong permissions.
+ * chmod would overwrite file permissions instead of modifying them.
+ Now it properly modifies permissions.
+ * Init now sends warnings destined for the console to /dev/console to ensure
+ they show up on whatever the active console it. Otherwise important
+ messages (for example that the system is rebooting) were not seen when
+ switched to a different VT.
+
+ -Erik Andersen, Nov 17, 1999
+
+0.35
+ * gzip now obeys the principle of least surprise and acts like god intended
+ (i.e. it accepts a file name, answers --help, and obeys the '-c' flag
+ and only then outputs to stdout).
+ * Fixed more.c to compile autowidth on sparc and set initial winsize
+ to 0,0 in case the TIOCGWINSZ ioctl fails. Fix thanks to Eric Delaunay.
+ * Fixed tar so it now works as expected (it had TRUE/FALSE backwards)
+ * tar now accepts --help
+ * chmod, chown, and chgrp usage now works
+ * General usage (i.e. --help) cleanups for most apps
+ * umount now parses options correctly
+ * tar can now unpack tarballs containing device special files,
+ sockets, and fifos (though it can't pack them up) thanks
+ to Matt Porter. Creating archives containing these is still
+ left to the interested student.
+ * fixed up the license in more.c to properly point to Bruce Perens.
+
+ -Erik Andersen, Nov 11, 1999
+
+0.34
+ * ls -l now displays link names outside the current directory,
+ Patch thanks to Eric Delaunay
+ * init now properly handles sparc serial consoles and does a
+ better job of finding the real console device rather than using
+ /dev/console which doesn't support job control. Patch also
+ thanks to Eric Delaunay.
+ * more started to read from stdin after the last file was finished, and
+ options were not parsed correctly (fix thanks to Eric Delaunay).
+ * more will now use the terminal size if BB_FEATURE_AUTOWIDTH is on.
+ * rm wouldn't remove a symlink unless the symlink was valid. This was
+ a side effect of the busybox 0.32 recursiveAction() fix. Things
+ should now work correctly.
+ * grep wouldn't grep stdin. Now it does.
+ * sed wouldn't sed stdin. Now it does.
+ * sed was appending a \n to the end of lines with replacements.
+ Now it doesn't do that.
+ * ls -l now bypasses libc6 nss when displaying user/group names.
+ Now uses my_getpwuid and my_getgrgid.
+
+ -Erik Andersen, Nov 8, 1999
+
+0.33
+ * Fixed a bug where init could hang instead of rebooting.
+ * Removed some debugging noise from init.c
+ * Fixed ln so it works now (it was very broken).
+ * Fixed df so it won't segfault when there is no /etc/fstab,
+ * If BB_MTAB is not defined, df and mount will whine if /etc/fstab
+ is not installed (since they cannot fixup "/dev/root" to
+ state the real root device name)
+ * merged some redundant code from mtab.c/df.c into utility.c
+
+ -Erik Andersen, Nov 5, 1999
+
+0.32
+ * More changes -- many thanks to Lineo for paying me to work on
+ busybox. If you have any problems please let me know ASAP
+ at andersen@lineo.com or andersee@debian.org
+ * usage() now prints the BusyBox version. This will help folks
+ realize that they are not in Kansas anymore.
+ * Fixed mkdir -m option so that it works.
+ * kill segfaulted w/o any arguments. Now it doesn't do that.
+ * kill wasn't properly accepting signal names. It does now.
+ * Added new apps chvt and deallocvt (I should probably add open)
+ * Major rewrite of init.c. Code is now readable by mere mortals IMHO.
+ * Wrote sed -- weighs only 1.8k (5.8k with full regular expressions!).
+ * Fixed a stupid seg-fault in sync
+ * Fixed mount -- mount -a failed to parse and apply mount options
+ * Fixed umount -n (patch thanks to Matthew Grant <grantma@anathoth.gen.nz>)
+ * umount -a no longer umounts /proc
+ * Added BB_MTAB, allowing (at the cost of ~1.5k and the need for a rw /etc)
+ folks to use a real /etc/mtab file instead of a symlink to /proc/mounts.
+ mount, and umount will add/remove entries and df will now use /etc/mtab
+ if BB_MTAB is defined.
+ * Fixed a nice bug in recursiveAction() which caused it to infinitely
+ hunt through /proc/../fd/* creating new file descriptors if it
+ followed the /dev/fd link over to /proc. recursiveAction() now
+ lstat's the file when followLinks==FALSE so it won't follow links
+ as the name suggests. Fix thanks to Matt Porter <porter@debian.org>.
+
+
+ -Erik Andersen, Nov 4, 1999
+
0.31
* I added a changelog for version 0.30.
* adjusted find internals to make it smaller, and removed
it wasn't supported before GNU libc 2.1, and some folks use
glibc 2.0.7 since it is much smaller than that latest and greatest.
+ -Erik Andersen, Oct 21, 1999
0.30
Major changes -- lots of stuff rewritten. Many thanks to Lineo for
* sfdisk -- Added from util-linux (minus internationalization and such).
* Probably some other changes that I forgot to document...
- -Erik Andersen
+ -Erik Andersen, Oct 20, 1999
+
+0.29
+ This version was a messy pre-alpha. stay away or it will bite you.
+ -Erik Andersen, Sep 24, 1999
0.28
mini-netcat (mnc) rewritten.
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