oweals/busybox.git
24 years agoAdded a slightly modified version of Ron Alder's insmod patch.
Eric Andersen [Mon, 12 Jun 2000 23:11:16 +0000 (23:11 -0000)]
Added a slightly modified version of Ron Alder's insmod patch.
Very cool stuff.
 -Erik

24 years ago+ updated docs to reflect math's filter capabilities.
John Beppu [Mon, 12 Jun 2000 23:04:55 +0000 (23:04 -0000)]
+ updated docs to reflect math's filter capabilities.

24 years ago+ works as a filter, now!
John Beppu [Mon, 12 Jun 2000 22:59:12 +0000 (22:59 -0000)]
+ works as a filter, now!
- I have a feeling I could have used strtok, but the
  2 functions I added are really small, so it shouldn't
  be a big deal.  (They were just laying around, and I
  wanted to use them, again).

24 years ago* Fixed a small bug that could cause tar to emit warning messages
Eric Andersen [Fri, 9 Jun 2000 20:51:50 +0000 (20:51 -0000)]
* Fixed a small bug that could cause tar to emit warning messages
    and not extract the first file in a directory in some cases
    of nested directories.  Thanks to Kevin Traas <kevin@netmaster.com>
    for helping track this one down.
 -Erik

24 years agoFixed parsing of arguments for cp
Pavel Roskin [Thu, 8 Jun 2000 18:06:37 +0000 (18:06 -0000)]
Fixed parsing of arguments for cp

24 years agoFormatting change.
Eric Andersen [Thu, 8 Jun 2000 15:25:39 +0000 (15:25 -0000)]
Formatting change.
 -Erik

24 years agoMy pod2man (perl-5.00503) complains if there is no newline after "Options:"
Pavel Roskin [Wed, 7 Jun 2000 21:19:49 +0000 (21:19 -0000)]
My pod2man (perl-5.00503) complains if there is no newline after "Options:"

24 years agoSyslogd will not go to background if "-n" is given. Better help
Pavel Roskin [Wed, 7 Jun 2000 21:08:25 +0000 (21:08 -0000)]
Syslogd will not go to background if "-n" is given. Better help
and argument checking

24 years agoImplemented "ping -s", fixed error messages and argument parsing
Pavel Roskin [Wed, 7 Jun 2000 20:38:15 +0000 (20:38 -0000)]
Implemented "ping -s", fixed error messages and argument parsing

24 years agoDebug should be off in the Makefile. I will now do (per Pavel's
Eric Andersen [Wed, 7 Jun 2000 17:33:30 +0000 (17:33 -0000)]
Debug should be off in the Makefile.  I will now do (per Pavel's
suggestion) a "cvs up -D now Makefile" so I stop updating the
Makefile by accident.
 -Erik

24 years ago* Fixed 'swapon -a' and 'swapoff -a', which were broken.
Eric Andersen [Wed, 7 Jun 2000 17:28:53 +0000 (17:28 -0000)]
* Fixed 'swapon -a' and 'swapoff -a', which were broken.
* Fixed 'mount -a' so it works as expected.
* Implemented 'ls -R' (enabled by enabling BB_FEATURE_LS_RECURSIVE)
 -Erik

24 years agoFix 'date -u'
Eric Andersen [Tue, 6 Jun 2000 22:17:43 +0000 (22:17 -0000)]
Fix 'date -u'
 -Erik

24 years agoOops. Remove the debugging noise.
Eric Andersen [Tue, 6 Jun 2000 22:13:39 +0000 (22:13 -0000)]
Oops.  Remove the debugging noise.
 -Erik

24 years agomkfs.minix rev 1.7 completely broke the option parser. This fixes it.
Eric Andersen [Tue, 6 Jun 2000 22:12:35 +0000 (22:12 -0000)]
mkfs.minix rev 1.7 completely broke the option parser.  This fixes it.
 -Erik

24 years agoRemoved chmod,chown,chgrp from the "Bugs that need fixing" list.
Mark Whitley [Tue, 6 Jun 2000 18:12:47 +0000 (18:12 -0000)]
Removed chmod,chown,chgrp from the "Bugs that need fixing" list.

24 years agoFixed segfaults for "chown -R" and "chgrp -R". Also added a message for "too
Mark Whitley [Tue, 6 Jun 2000 18:11:46 +0000 (18:11 -0000)]
Fixed segfaults for "chown -R" and "chgrp -R". Also added a message for "too
few arguments".

24 years agoFixed exit status for killall
Pavel Roskin [Tue, 6 Jun 2000 18:10:17 +0000 (18:10 -0000)]
Fixed exit status for killall

24 years agoAdded considering making a unified option parser someday.
Mark Whitley [Tue, 6 Jun 2000 18:05:47 +0000 (18:05 -0000)]
Added considering making a unified option parser someday.

24 years agoFixed segfault when you type "chmod -R". "chown -R" and "chgrp -R" are still
Mark Whitley [Tue, 6 Jun 2000 17:40:32 +0000 (17:40 -0000)]
Fixed segfault when you type "chmod -R". "chown -R" and "chgrp -R" are still
having problems...

24 years ago"mount" now reports errors from nfsmount() and assumes NFS mount
Pavel Roskin [Tue, 6 Jun 2000 17:03:55 +0000 (17:03 -0000)]
"mount" now reports errors from nfsmount() and assumes NFS mount
if ':' is present in the device name - Pavel Roskin

24 years agoUpdated TODO item re: 'cp -a /tmp/*' not producing the right error message
Mark Whitley [Tue, 6 Jun 2000 17:03:54 +0000 (17:03 -0000)]
Updated TODO item re: 'cp -a /tmp/*' not producing the right error message
(it's been fixed).

24 years agoFixed a bunch of stuff:
Eric Andersen [Tue, 6 Jun 2000 16:15:23 +0000 (16:15 -0000)]
Fixed a bunch of stuff:
* Fixed segfault caused by "touch -c"
* Fixed segfault caused by "rm -f"
* Fixed segfault caused by "ln -s -s" and similar abuses.
* Fixed segfault caused by "cp -a -a" and similar abuses.
* Implemented "rm -- <foo>"
updated docs accordingly.
 -Erik

24 years ago"which" rewritten to use stat(). Fixes to improve its compatability
Pavel Roskin [Mon, 5 Jun 2000 23:41:27 +0000 (23:41 -0000)]
"which" rewritten to use stat(). Fixes to improve its compatability
with traditional implementations

24 years agoFix more spelling errors.
Pavel Roskin [Mon, 5 Jun 2000 20:19:47 +0000 (20:19 -0000)]
Fix more spelling errors.

24 years agoFix spelling error
Eric Andersen [Mon, 5 Jun 2000 17:23:06 +0000 (17:23 -0000)]
Fix spelling error
 -Erik

24 years agoFix spelling errors.
Eric Andersen [Mon, 5 Jun 2000 17:22:37 +0000 (17:22 -0000)]
Fix spelling errors.
 -Erik

24 years agoMore TODO items. Fix a dependancy bug on busybox.def.h
Eric Andersen [Mon, 5 Jun 2000 05:33:00 +0000 (05:33 -0000)]
More TODO items.  Fix a dependancy bug on busybox.def.h
 -Erik

24 years ago"nc" exits silently on errors. This patch makes it print something before
Eric Andersen [Sun, 4 Jun 2000 05:21:49 +0000 (05:21 -0000)]
"nc" exits silently on errors. This patch makes it print something before
exit().

Note that calling perror() after gethostbyname() will most likely return
"No such file or directory" which is quite confusing, so I decided to use
fatalError instead.

Regards,
Pavel Roskin

24 years agoDon't allow mkfifo to create files such as "--help"
Eric Andersen [Sun, 4 Jun 2000 05:17:35 +0000 (05:17 -0000)]
Don't allow mkfifo to create files such as "--help"

This patch checks if the name of FIFO to be created begins with "-" and
calls usage() if it does.

Regards,
Pavel Roskin

24 years agoThis patch
Eric Andersen [Sun, 4 Jun 2000 05:08:29 +0000 (05:08 -0000)]
This patch
- eliminates the need to have a buffer and strcpy to it
- makes freeramdisk complain if it's given more than one argument

Regards,
Pavel Roskin

24 years agoTurn off debugging in the Makefile.
Eric Andersen [Sat, 3 Jun 2000 05:22:31 +0000 (05:22 -0000)]
Turn off debugging in the Makefile.
 -Erik

24 years agoNote that I broke mkfs_minix's parser in rev 1.7.
Eric Andersen [Sat, 3 Jun 2000 00:27:00 +0000 (00:27 -0000)]
Note that I broke mkfs_minix's parser in rev 1.7.
 -Erik

24 years agoFix touch so it behaves itself (it could segfault in some cases).
Eric Andersen [Fri, 2 Jun 2000 23:26:44 +0000 (23:26 -0000)]
Fix touch so it behaves itself (it could segfault in some cases).
Fix uname help info formatting.
 -Erik

24 years agoThis is a fix for chroot
Eric Andersen [Fri, 2 Jun 2000 17:56:45 +0000 (17:56 -0000)]
This is a fix for chroot
- Fixed error message when the command is not specified (possibly crash on
libc5 systems!)
- Debugging output removed
- Using fatalError() whenever appropriate

Regards,
Pavel Roskin

24 years agoPavel fixed a segfault in yes.
Eric Andersen [Fri, 2 Jun 2000 17:51:39 +0000 (17:51 -0000)]
Pavel fixed a segfault in yes.
 -Erik

24 years agoFix /etc/passwd misspelling.
Eric Andersen [Fri, 2 Jun 2000 17:38:18 +0000 (17:38 -0000)]
Fix /etc/passwd misspelling.
 -Erik

24 years agoSome Makefile fixes for the docs.
Eric Andersen [Fri, 2 Jun 2000 03:35:22 +0000 (03:35 -0000)]
Some Makefile fixes for the docs.
 -Erik

24 years agoNote the addition of ar.
Eric Andersen [Fri, 2 Jun 2000 03:25:00 +0000 (03:25 -0000)]
Note the addition of ar.
 -Erik

24 years agooops. Don't commit autogenerated stuff.
Eric Andersen [Fri, 2 Jun 2000 03:23:28 +0000 (03:23 -0000)]
oops.  Don't commit autogenerated stuff.
 -Erik

24 years agoA number of additional fixed from Pavel Roskin, note some more bugs in the
Eric Andersen [Fri, 2 Jun 2000 03:21:42 +0000 (03:21 -0000)]
A number of additional fixed from Pavel Roskin, note some more bugs in the
TODO list.  Add Glenn to the Authors list for writing a mini ar for BusyBox,
which is now included.
 -Erik

24 years agoAcknowledge contributions of Pavel Roskin, and fix doc building
Eric Andersen [Fri, 2 Jun 2000 03:21:41 +0000 (03:21 -0000)]
Acknowledge contributions of Pavel Roskin, and fix doc building
so the html goes into the website directory.
 -Erik

24 years agoAcknowledge contributions of Pavel Roskin, and fix doc building
Eric Andersen [Fri, 2 Jun 2000 03:21:36 +0000 (03:21 -0000)]
Acknowledge contributions of Pavel Roskin, and fix doc building
so the html goes into the website directory.
 -Erik

24 years agoMore stuff to do...
Eric Andersen [Fri, 2 Jun 2000 03:21:32 +0000 (03:21 -0000)]
More stuff to do...
 -Erik

24 years agoAcknowledge contributions of Pavel Roskin, and fix doc building
Eric Andersen [Fri, 2 Jun 2000 03:21:32 +0000 (03:21 -0000)]
Acknowledge contributions of Pavel Roskin, and fix doc building
so the html goes into the website directory.
 -Erik

24 years agoPoint to the local BusyBox.html docs.
Eric Andersen [Fri, 2 Jun 2000 03:20:22 +0000 (03:20 -0000)]
Point to the local BusyBox.html docs.
 -Erik

24 years agoForgot to checkin the busybox website graphics. Here they are...
Eric Andersen [Fri, 2 Jun 2000 02:33:24 +0000 (02:33 -0000)]
Forgot to checkin the busybox website graphics.  Here they are...
 -Erik

24 years agoMore stuff.
Eric Andersen [Wed, 31 May 2000 20:08:30 +0000 (20:08 -0000)]
More stuff.
 -Erik

24 years agoMinor doc fix. Added several bugs to the todo list. Fixed the way init
Eric Andersen [Wed, 31 May 2000 20:04:38 +0000 (20:04 -0000)]
Minor doc fix.  Added several bugs to the todo list.  Fixed the way init
scans /etc/inittab entries so that commands can contain ":"s.
 -Erik

24 years agoRemove the now-fixed tar segfault from the TODO list.
Eric Andersen [Tue, 30 May 2000 19:11:50 +0000 (19:11 -0000)]
Remove the now-fixed tar segfault from the TODO list.
 -Erik

24 years agoFixed tar option parsing segfault, and make "tar xv" and "tar -xv"
Eric Andersen [Tue, 30 May 2000 19:05:57 +0000 (19:05 -0000)]
Fixed tar option parsing segfault, and make "tar xv" and "tar -xv"
both work (i.e. it works with or w/o the "-").
 -Erik

24 years agoMinor update to web page.
Eric Andersen [Thu, 25 May 2000 00:18:59 +0000 (00:18 -0000)]
Minor update to web page.
 -Erik

24 years agoFirst pass at fixing tar segfault, and more portability updates.
Erik Andersen [Sat, 20 May 2000 00:40:08 +0000 (00:40 -0000)]
First pass at fixing tar segfault, and more portability updates.
 -Erik

24 years agoMore libc portability updates, add in the website (which has not been
Erik Andersen [Fri, 19 May 2000 05:35:19 +0000 (05:35 -0000)]
More libc portability updates, add in the website (which has not been
archived previously).  Wrote 'which' during the meeting today.
 -Erik

24 years agoAnother bug to fix...
Erik Andersen [Wed, 17 May 2000 05:28:05 +0000 (05:28 -0000)]
Another bug to fix...
 -Erik

24 years agoSome more portability updates
Erik Andersen [Wed, 17 May 2000 05:24:24 +0000 (05:24 -0000)]
Some more portability updates
 -Erik

24 years agoSome updates for better portability.
Erik Andersen [Tue, 16 May 2000 20:07:38 +0000 (20:07 -0000)]
Some updates for better portability.
 -Erik

24 years agoTODO update
Erik Andersen [Sat, 13 May 2000 19:08:58 +0000 (19:08 -0000)]
TODO update
 -Erik

24 years agoChange a description
Erik Andersen [Sat, 13 May 2000 19:08:42 +0000 (19:08 -0000)]
Change a description
 -Erik

24 years agoMinor fixes to being a standalone shell.
Erik Andersen [Sat, 13 May 2000 19:00:07 +0000 (19:00 -0000)]
Minor fixes to being a standalone shell.
 -Erik

24 years agoBusyBox shell (lash) can now be used as a standalone shell when
Erik Andersen [Sat, 13 May 2000 06:33:19 +0000 (06:33 -0000)]
BusyBox shell (lash) can now be used as a standalone shell when
BB_FEATURE_STANDALONE_SHELL is defined (i.e. BusyBox can now completely replace
sash).  Also fixed it so shell builtins now respect pipes and redirects.
 -Erik

24 years agoMore doc updates
Erik Andersen [Sat, 13 May 2000 05:36:13 +0000 (05:36 -0000)]
More doc updates
 -Erik

24 years agoSo much for my evil optimization. Doesn't seem to work. Will test
Erik Andersen [Sat, 13 May 2000 00:28:25 +0000 (00:28 -0000)]
So much for my evil optimization.  Doesn't seem to work.  Will test
more on it later.
 -Erik

24 years agoLots of updates. Finished implementing BB_FEATURE_TRIVIAL_HELP
Erik Andersen [Fri, 12 May 2000 19:41:47 +0000 (19:41 -0000)]
Lots of updates.  Finished implementing BB_FEATURE_TRIVIAL_HELP
which lets you compile out most of the "--help" output, saving
up to 17k.

Renamed mnc to nc.
 -Erik

24 years agoSome experimental stuff (work in progress). heheh.
Erik Andersen [Fri, 12 May 2000 19:38:40 +0000 (19:38 -0000)]
Some experimental stuff (work in progress).  heheh.
 -Erik

24 years ago* cp -fa now works as expected for symlinks (it didn't before)
Erik Andersen [Wed, 10 May 2000 05:05:45 +0000 (05:05 -0000)]
* cp -fa now works as expected for symlinks (it didn't before)
* zcat works again (wasn't working since option parsing was broken)
* more doc updates/more support for BB_FEATURE_SIMPLE_HELP
 -Erik

24 years agoAdd suffix stripping support to basename
Erik Andersen [Wed, 10 May 2000 05:00:31 +0000 (05:00 -0000)]
Add suffix stripping support to basename
 -Erik

24 years agoAdded some bugs / TODOs.
Mark Whitley [Mon, 8 May 2000 23:25:59 +0000 (23:25 -0000)]
Added some bugs / TODOs.

24 years agoFix umount dependency on find_real_root_device_name
Erik Andersen [Mon, 8 May 2000 17:56:25 +0000 (17:56 -0000)]
Fix umount dependency on find_real_root_device_name
 -Erik

24 years agoDoc updates
Erik Andersen [Fri, 5 May 2000 19:50:32 +0000 (19:50 -0000)]
Doc updates
 -Erik

24 years agoAdd support for "noatime" and "nodiratime" mount flags to mount.
Erik Andersen [Fri, 5 May 2000 19:49:33 +0000 (19:49 -0000)]
Add support for "noatime" and "nodiratime" mount flags to mount.
Change umount "-f" to mean force, and actually use umount2.
Change umount "-l" to mean "Do not free loop device".
Updates docs accordingly.
 -Erik

24 years agoTell cvs to never checkin the resultant docs.
Erik Andersen [Wed, 3 May 2000 03:25:43 +0000 (03:25 -0000)]
Tell cvs to never checkin the resultant docs.
 -Erik

24 years agoSensibly put the docs under the docs directory.
Erik Andersen [Wed, 3 May 2000 03:24:21 +0000 (03:24 -0000)]
Sensibly put the docs under the docs directory.
 -Erik

24 years agoRemove BB_FEATURE_REMOUNT (small, and should always be present)
Erik Andersen [Wed, 3 May 2000 03:19:06 +0000 (03:19 -0000)]
Remove BB_FEATURE_REMOUNT (small, and should always be present)
and fix documentation dependancy checks, so it is only built when
it should be built.
 -Erik

24 years agoMore formatting bugs fixed
Erik Andersen [Tue, 2 May 2000 06:40:02 +0000 (06:40 -0000)]
More formatting bugs fixed
 -Erik

24 years agoBug fixes in the docs
Erik Andersen [Tue, 2 May 2000 05:32:07 +0000 (05:32 -0000)]
Bug fixes in the docs
 -Erik

24 years agoMake the dependancies on the docs work properly
Erik Andersen [Tue, 2 May 2000 05:31:00 +0000 (05:31 -0000)]
Make the dependancies on the docs work properly
 -Erik

24 years agoMore stuff
Erik Andersen [Tue, 2 May 2000 00:07:56 +0000 (00:07 -0000)]
More stuff
 -Erik

24 years agoDocument tr change
Erik Andersen [Mon, 1 May 2000 22:34:24 +0000 (22:34 -0000)]
Document tr change
 -Erik

24 years agoDue to the license change I can now use Minix code. Minix tr
Erik Andersen [Mon, 1 May 2000 22:30:37 +0000 (22:30 -0000)]
Due to the license change I can now use Minix code.  Minix tr
(adapted) now replaces BSD tr.  Goes from 5k to 1k, and eliminates
bsearch from the list of libc symbols.
 -Erik

24 years agoMinor source modifications to improve readability.
Mark Whitley [Mon, 1 May 2000 22:08:54 +0000 (22:08 -0000)]
Minor source modifications to improve readability.

24 years agoMinor doc change
Erik Andersen [Mon, 1 May 2000 19:50:37 +0000 (19:50 -0000)]
Minor doc change

24 years agoMy little adventure of analyzing lib usage has already rooted out
Erik Andersen [Mon, 1 May 2000 19:49:20 +0000 (19:49 -0000)]
My little adventure of analyzing lib usage has already rooted out
a big "P" Policy violator -- logname was using getlogin(3), which uses
utmp under the hood.  We don't need no stinkin' utmp (and if we
are using tinylogin, it is unlikely to be useful trying).
 -Erik

24 years agoNote how to find list of BusyBox libc dependancies, the ide being to
Erik Andersen [Mon, 1 May 2000 19:27:17 +0000 (19:27 -0000)]
Note how to find list of BusyBox libc dependancies, the ide being to
limit them much more.
 -Erik

24 years agoOops.
Erik Andersen [Mon, 1 May 2000 19:11:16 +0000 (19:11 -0000)]
Oops.
 -Erik

24 years agoSome accrued fixes/updates.
Erik Andersen [Mon, 1 May 2000 19:10:52 +0000 (19:10 -0000)]
Some accrued fixes/updates.
    * cp/mv now accepts (and ignores) the -f flag, since it always
does force anyway
    * tail can now accept -<num> commands (e.g. -10) for better
compatibility with the standard tail command
    * added a simple id implementation; doesn't support supp. groups yet

24 years agoFoo
Erik Andersen [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 22:51:49 +0000 (22:51 -0000)]
Foo

24 years agoFix changelog
Erik Andersen [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 22:49:08 +0000 (22:49 -0000)]
Fix changelog
 -Erik

24 years agoFix tarball creation. In an attempt to accomodate the whiners
Erik Andersen [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 22:32:13 +0000 (22:32 -0000)]
Fix tarball creation.  In an attempt to accomodate the whiners
that wanted "tar cf foo.tar foo" (i.e. no "-" before options)
I broke creation of tarballs.  Now fixed.
 -Erik

24 years agoFix stupid bugs. update was segfaulting. mknod minor # was always 0
Erik Andersen [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 22:10:34 +0000 (22:10 -0000)]
Fix stupid bugs.  update was segfaulting.  mknod minor # was always 0
due to a parsing bug.  Oops.
 -Erik

24 years agoForgot this file...
Erik Andersen [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 01:26:31 +0000 (01:26 -0000)]
Forgot this file...
 -Erik

24 years agoLatest and greatest. Some effort at libc5 (aiming towards newlib)
Erik Andersen [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 00:18:56 +0000 (00:18 -0000)]
Latest and greatest.  Some effort at libc5 (aiming towards newlib)
compatability.
 -Erik

24 years agoSeveral more updates
Erik Andersen [Tue, 25 Apr 2000 23:24:55 +0000 (23:24 -0000)]
Several more updates
 -Erik

24 years ago+ grep -v # yay!
John Beppu [Mon, 24 Apr 2000 18:07:30 +0000 (18:07 -0000)]
+ grep -v       # yay!

24 years agoSome more updates and such...
Erik Andersen [Fri, 21 Apr 2000 21:53:58 +0000 (21:53 -0000)]
Some more updates and such...
 -Erik

24 years agoMore Doc updates. cmdedit and more termio fixes.
Erik Andersen [Fri, 21 Apr 2000 01:26:49 +0000 (01:26 -0000)]
More Doc updates.  cmdedit and more termio fixes.

24 years agoDoc updates
Erik Andersen [Fri, 21 Apr 2000 01:23:36 +0000 (01:23 -0000)]
Doc updates
 -Erik

24 years agoAdd #include <sys/param.h> to syslogd.
Erik Andersen [Wed, 19 Apr 2000 20:02:50 +0000 (20:02 -0000)]
Add #include <sys/param.h> to syslogd.
 -Erik

24 years agoMake the sys logger for so that concurrent logging will work
Erik Andersen [Wed, 19 Apr 2000 18:52:56 +0000 (18:52 -0000)]
Make the sys logger for so that concurrent logging will work
properly (see tests/syslog_test.c for example).
 -Erik

24 years agoFix email address 0_43
Erik Andersen [Wed, 19 Apr 2000 05:15:12 +0000 (05:15 -0000)]
Fix email address
 -Erik

24 years agoMinor doc change
Erik Andersen [Wed, 19 Apr 2000 05:12:02 +0000 (05:12 -0000)]
Minor doc change
 -Erik