+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
+ some redundancy.
+ * Fixed a segfault in ps when /etc/passwd or /etc/group
+ are absent. Now will warn you and carry on.
+ * Added in optional _real_ regular expression support (to be
+ the basis for a future sed utility). When compiled in
+ it adds 3.9k, but makes grep much more capable.
+ * Checked out using nftw(3) for recursive stuff, but unfortunatly
+ 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
+ paying me to make these updates. If you have any problems with busybox,
+ or notice any bugs -- please let me know so I can fix it. These
+ changes include:
+
+ Core Changes:
+ * busybox can now invoke apps in two ways: via symlinks to the
+ busybox binary, and as 'busybox [function] [arguments]...'
+ * When invoked as busybox, the list of currently compiled in
+ functions is printed out (no this is not bloat -- the list
+ has to be there anyway to map invocation name to function).
+ * busybox no longer parses command lines for apps or displays their
+ usage info. Each app gets to handle (or not handle) this for
+ itself.
+ * Eliminated monadic, dyadic, descend, block_device, and
+ postprocess. It was cumbersome to have so many programs
+ cobbled together in this way. Without them, the app is much
+ more granular.
+ * All shared code now lives in utility.c, and is properly
+ ifdef'ed to be only included for those apps requiring it.
+ * Eliminated struct FileInfo (the basis of monadic, dyadic, etc)
+ so now each app has the function prototype of (da-dum):
+ extern int foo_main(int argc, char** argv);
+ which speeds integration of new apps.
+ * Adjusted the Makefile to make it easier to
+ {en|dis}able debugging.
+ * Changed default compiler optimization to -Os
+ (optimize for smaller binaries).
+
+ App Changes:
+ * To cope with the new app function prototype and the removal of
+ monadic, dyadic, etc, the following apps were re-written:
+ * cat - Works same as always.
+ * chgrp, chmod, chown - rewrite. Combined into a single
+ source file. Absorbed patches from Enrique Zanardi <ezanard@debian.org>
+ that removes the dependency on libc6 libnss* libraries.
+ * cp - Can now do 'cp -a' can can copy devices,
+ pipes, symlinks, as well as recursive or non-recursive dir copies.
+ * fdflush - adjusted to remove dependancy on struct FileInfo.
+ * find - Now includes some basic regexp matching
+ which will be the basic of a future mini-sed.
+ * ln - Same functionality.
+ * mkdir - Added -p flag to feature set.
+ * mv - rewrite.
+ * rm - Added -f flag to feature set.
+ * rmdir - Same functionality.
+ * swapon, swapoff - Combined into a single binary. No longer
+ uses /etc/swaps. swap{on|off} -a uses /etc/fstab instead.
+ * touch - Same functionality.
+ * date - adjusted with a patch from Matthew Grant <grantma@anathoth.gen.nz>
+ to accomodate glibc timezone support. I then ripped out GNU getopt.
+ * mkswap -- new version merged from util-linux. Can now make >128Meg swaps.
+ * Replaced the old and star, unstar, and tarcat with the tar
+ implementation from sash. Now tar behaves as god intended
+ it to (i.e. tar -xvf <file> and tar -cf <file> <dir> work).
+ * dd -- rewritten. Can with with files, stdin, stdout.
+ * Added the following new apps:
+ * loadfont -- added from debian boot floppies
+ * chroot -- added based on a patch from Paolo Molaro <lupus@lettere.unipd.it>
+ * grep -- I just wrote it. Only matches simple strings
+ * ps -- I just wrote it. Has _no_ options at all, but works.
+ * fsck_minix, mkfs_minix -- added from util-linux, but I ripped out
+ internationalization and such to make them smaller.
+ * sfdisk -- Added from util-linux (minus internationalization and such).
+ * Probably some other changes that I forgot to document...
+
+ -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.
+
0.27
Mount now supports -a, and -t auto.
Mount now updates mtab correctly for 'ro'.
Printf added as module.
0.26
Touch now creates files. -c option for no create.
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