X-Git-Url: https://git.librecmc.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=318d447081e9e5ca814596324a1417abba283ad8;hb=85ca327529afeceed41c1d66d0b7d48c2ffc2a4b;hp=27da49587ef74cfc102cae812f9012ec40169051;hpb=c8e41157a2b6486397ded716846c6cd8c8edac8e;p=oweals%2Fbusybox.git diff --git a/README b/README index 27da49587..318d44708 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -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 - utilities you usually find in bzip2, coreutils, 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. + 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. @@ -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 - 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 @@ -50,10 +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 - 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"). + commands. This uses the CONFIG_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"). ---------------- @@ -65,17 +65,12 @@ Downloading the current source code: 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/ - Anonymous SVN access is available. For instructions, check out: + Anonymous GIT access is available. For instructions, check out: - http://busybox.net/subversion.html + http://www.busybox.net/source.html For those that are actively contributing and would like to check files in, see: @@ -83,10 +78,13 @@ Downloading the current source code: http://busybox.net/developer.html The developers also have a bug and patch tracking system - (http://bugs.busybox.net) although posting a bug/patch to the mailing list + (https://bugs.busybox.net) although posting a bug/patch to the mailing list is generally a faster way of getting it fixed, and the complete archive of what happened is the subversion changelog. + Note: if you want to compile busybox in a busybox environment you must + select ENABLE_DESKTOP. + ---------------- getting help: @@ -124,7 +122,7 @@ bugs: illegal instruction i am using debian unstable, kernel version 2.4.25-vrs2 on a netwinder, - and the latest uclibc from cvs. thanks for the wonderful program! + and the latest uclibc from cvs. -diligent @@ -175,10 +173,8 @@ Portability: you're into that sort of thing, start small (selecting just a few applets) and work your way up. - Shaun Jackman has recently (2005) ported busybox to a combination of newlib - and libgloss, and some of his patches have been integrated. This platform - may join glibc/uclibc and Linux as a supported combination with the 1.1 - release, but is not supported in 1.0. + In 2005 Shaun Jackman has ported busybox to a combination of newlib + and libgloss, and some of his patches have been integrated. Supported hardware: @@ -199,5 +195,5 @@ Supported hardware: Please feed suggestions, bug reports, insults, and bribes back to the busybox maintainer: - Erik Andersen - + Denys Vlasenko +