As of version 0.20 there is now a version number. : ) Also as of version 0.20,
BusyBox is now modularized to easily allow you to build only the components you
-need, thereby reducing binary size. To turn off unwanted BusyBox components,
-simply edit the file "Config.h" and comment out the components you do not need
-using C++ style (//) comments.
+need, thereby reducing binary size. Run 'make config' or 'make menuconfig'
+for select the functionality that you wish to enable.
After the build is complete, a busybox.links file is generated. This is
used by 'make install' to create symlinks to the busybox binary for all
Busybox in general will build on any architecture supported by gcc. It has
a few specialized features added for __sparc__ and __alpha__. insmod
functionality is currently limited to x86, ARM, SH3/4, powerpc, m68k,
- and MIPS.
+ MIPS, and v850e.
Supported libcs:
- glibc-2.0.x, glibc-2.1.x, Linux-libc5, uClibc. People are looking at
- newlib and diet-libc, but consider them unsupported, untested, or worse.
+ glibc-2.0.x, glibc-2.1.x, glibc-2.2.x, Linux-libc5, uClibc. People
+ are looking at newlib and diet-libc, but consider them unsupported,
+ untested, or worse.
Supported kernels:
Getting help:
When you find you need help, you can check out the BusyBox mailing list
-archives at http://oss.lineo.com/lists/busybox/ or even join
+archives at http://busybox.net/lists/busybox/ or even join
the mailing list if you are interested.
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Bugs:
If you find bugs, please submit a bug report. Full instructions on how to
-report a bug are found at http://bugs.lineo.com/Reporting.html.
+report a bug are found at http://bugs.busybox.net/Reporting.html.
For the impatient: To submit a bug, simply send an email describing the problem
-to submit@bugs.lineo.com. Bug reports should look something like this:
+to submit@bugs.busybox.net. Bug reports should look something like this:
- To: submit@bugs.lineo.com
+ To: submit@bugs.busybox.net
From: diligent@testing.linux.org
Subject: /bin/true doesn't work
FTP:
-Source for the latest released version can always be downloaded from
- ftp://ftp.lineo.com/pub/busybox.
+Source for the latest released version, as well as daily snapshots, can always
+be downloaded from
+ http://busybox.net/downloads/
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CVS:
BusyBox now has its own publicly browsable CVS tree at:
- http://oss.lineo.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/
+ http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/
Anonymous CVS access is available. For instructions, check out:
- http://oss.lineo.com/cvs_anon.html
+ http://busybox.net/cvs_anon.html
For those that are actively contributing there is even CVS write access:
- http://oss.lineo.com/cvs_write.html
+ http://busybox.net/cvs_write.html
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