libbb: introduce fputc_printable (from ed)
netstat: print control chars as ^C etc
vi: style fixlet

function                                             old     new   delta
fputc_printable                                        -     100    +100
unix_do_one                                          451     487     +36
printLines                                           258     190     -68
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 1/0 grow/shrink: 1/1 up/down: 136/-68)            Total: 68 bytes

httpd: support for "I:index.xml" syntax (Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>)

function                                             old     new   delta
parse_conf                                          1481    1507     +26
handle_incoming_and_exit                            2650    2663     +13
httpd_main                                           749     759     +10
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 3/0 up/down: 49/0)               Total: 49 bytes

trylink: instead of build error, disable --gc-sections if GLIBC && STATIC
nameif: glibc build fixlet

netstat: in error message, report filename and line number
where we see problematic data

   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 778456     832    7344  786632   c00c8 busybox_old
 778394     832    7344  786570   c008a busybox_unstripped

save a bit of code with *strchrnul = '\0' trick

function                                             old     new   delta
nextline                                              59      55      -4
include_conf                                         902     898      -4
read_config                                          414     406      -8
fsck_main                                           1880    1869     -11

Fix xmalloc_fgets_str so that it really does NOT strip terminator.
Add xmalloc_fgetline_str which does strip terminator,
and use it in dpkg instead of xmalloc_fgets_str.
netstat: use xmalloc_fgets_str - allows to eat strings with NULs
(this fixes bug with some weird /proc/net/unix input)

function                                             old     new   delta
xmalloc_fgets_internal                                 -     191    +191
xmalloc_fgetline_str                                   -      18     +18
do_info                                              116     120      +4
unix_do_one                                          451     447      -4
tcp_do_one                                           423     419      -4
send_tree                                            369     365      -4
xmalloc_fgets_str                                    178      15    -163
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 2/0 grow/shrink: 1/4 up/down: 213/-175)           Total: 38 bytes
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 778445     832    7344  786621   c00bd busybox_old
 778483     832    7344  786659   c00e3 busybox_unstripped

init: don't spawn tons of waiting children, one is enough
init: shrink signal disabling code
init: rename some functions
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 778657     832    7344  786833   c0191 busybox_old
 778445     832    7344  786621   c00bd busybox_unstripped

init: sometimes, #ifdefs are cleaner.

sync examples to what actual actual code expects

add expected output

convert #if to if -- let gcc optimize away dead code for us

init: add FEATURE_KILL_REMOVED (Eugene Bordenkircher <eugebo@gmail.com>)
init: slight size optimization

fix typo in web page

Makefile: change version to 1.10.0.svn
udhcpc: make UDP packet sending the same as raw sending in regards
  to error messages. Minor code size shrink. Total size grows due
  to added messages:

   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 770312     683    7244  778239   bdfff busybox_old
 770327     683    7244  778254   be00e busybox_unstripped

Announce 1.9.0

hush: fixlet for NOMMU
update TODO_config_nommu

nameif: extended matching (Nico Erfurth <masta@perlgolf.de>)
*: whitespace fixes

function                                             old     new   delta
prepend_new_eth_table                                  -     304    +304
nameif_main                                          620     684     +64
cc_macaddr                                            51       -     -51
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 1/1 grow/shrink: 1/0 up/down: 368/-51)           Total: 317 bytes

defconfig: update
appletli.c: add vda's (C)
top: fixlet for incorrect display of "0"
Makefile: reduce stack size from 20k to 16k

od: reduce data/bss usage (code size went down too)

umount: fix fallout from stack reduction change

vi: speed up some string ops

cttyhack: trivial build fixlet

vi: reduce amount of memset'ing on each screen refresh

vi: introduce FEATURE_VI_8BIT (as vi currently is not Unicode capable,
people may want to disable display of high-bit chars)
ip: build fixlet

perror_nomsg: don't print extra colon
losetup: print name of loop device in error messages

vi: change MAX_LINELEN meaning: now it is the biggest supported
screen wigth. Introduce MAX_TABSTOP and MAX_INPUT_LEN. Fix redraw
of very long lines and cursor movement past NULs.

fix buglets found by randomconfig

vi: fix a problem with displaying overlong lines

udhcp: decided to not send "short" dhcp packets,
but lets add comments how to do it if needed.

udhcp: fix oversized packet sending (introduced by "slack for bad dhcp servers" options);
slight optimizations and function renaming

udhcp_send_raw_packet                                  -     391    +391
udhcp_send_kernel_packet                               -     197    +197
udhcp_recv_packet                                      -     134    +134
get_raw_packet                                       353     326     -27
udhcp_get_packet                                     134       -    -134
udhcp_kernel_packet                                  197       -    -197
udhcp_raw_packet                                     391       -    -391
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 3/3 grow/shrink: 0/1 up/down: 722/-749)          Total: -27 bytes

fdisk: reduce global data/bss usage. 8k data+bss build is achievable soon ;)

(add/remove: 0/13 grow/shrink: 6/19 up/down: 74/-492)        Total: -418 bytes
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 778330     860    7408  786598   c00a6 busybox_old
 777970     840    7376  786186   bff0a busybox_unstripped

msh: reduce global data/bss usage

(add/remove: 1/5 grow/shrink: 28/6 up/down: 464/-394)          Total: 70 bytes
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 778077     908    7568  786553   c0079 busybox_old
 778330     860    7408  786598   c00a6 busybox_unstripped

ash: reduce global data/bss usage

(add/remove: 4/29 grow/shrink: 76/21 up/down: 1007/-1713)    Total: -706 bytes
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 777206    1084    8976  787266   c0342 busybox_old
 778077     908    7568  786553   c0079 busybox_unstripped

traceroute: stop using global data/bss

(add/remove: 0/15 grow/shrink: 0/1 up/down: 0/-95)            Total: -95 bytes
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 777245    1094    9008  787347   c0393 busybox_old
 777206    1084    8976  787266   c0342 busybox_unstripped

add a link to vda's pet projects

num conversions: allow for leading '+' (renice needs that)

cttyhack: add missing ';'
init: remove pointless access() check

init: remove superfluous forks and messing up with argv[0]
cttyhack: add stealing of ctty

udhcpc: support for -O <option>.
Two important notes:
* nissrv and nisdomain are not requested by default anymore!
* inconsistency between "XXXsvr" and "XXsrv" in option names resolved,
  all are "XXXsrv" now.

function                                             old     new   delta
udhcpc_main                                         2494    2600    +106
packed_usage                                       23023   23067     +44
add_requests                                          91     119     +28
static.udhcpc_longopts                               209     226     +17
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 4/0 up/down: 195/0)             Total: 195 bytes

find: add -iname support (Alexander Griesser <alexander.griesser@lkh-vil.or.at>)

lineedit: don't violate API if we do simple fgets
ash: cosmetic style fixes, no code changes

vi: don't use common_bufsiz as read buffer, it can be too small
(found by Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn <cristian.ionescu-idbohrn@axis.com>)

signal names hack was wrong, it broke "get signal name" function.
Reverting :(

getty: a small code shrink

touch                                                  -      40     +40
fakehost                                               4       -      -4
getty_main                                          2546    2493     -53

Make signal table a bit smaller

get_signum                                           136     151     +15
signals                                              224     192     -32

guard against SIGxxx >= 32 (no code changes on i386)

getty: don't accept ancient '#' and '@' as backspace/kill line,
it only confuses people.
(Alexander Griesser <alexander.griesser@lkh-vil.or.at> (LKH Villach))
various other cleanups.

function                                             old     new   delta
getty_main                                          2526    2546     +20
static.baud_index                                      4       -      -4
parse_speeds                                          91       -     -91
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 0/2 grow/shrink: 1/0 up/down: 20/-95)            Total: -75 bytes
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 773152    1086    9008  783246   bf38e busybox_old
 773081    1086    9008  783175   bf347 busybox_unstripped

lineedit: reduce stack usage
netstat: reduce stack usage; fix handling of NULs in unix socket filenames

static.has_inode                                       1       -      -1
do_info                                              119     116      -3
deinit_S                                              60      51      -9
unix_do_one                                          578     451    -127
parse_and_put_prompt                                 966     825    -141
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 0/1 grow/shrink: 0/4 up/down: 0/-281)           Total: -281 bytes

fix whitespace damage

mkfs.minix: add testsuite; disable code which makes images variable

attack the biggest stack users:
-mkfs_minix_main [busybox_unstripped]:                  4288
-mkfs_minix_main [busybox_unstripped]:                  4276
-grave [busybox_unstripped]:                            4260
(bzip2 users too - not listed)

price we pay in code size increase:
mainSort                                            2458    2515     +57
grave                                               1005    1058     +53
sendMTFValues                                       2177    2195     +18
BZ2_blockSort                                        122     125      +3
mkfs_minix_main                                     3070    3022     -48
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 4/1 up/down: 131/-48)            Total: 83 bytes

explain why we use mmap instead of malloc

libnetlink: comment out unused code; don't use 8k stack buffers

function                                             old     new   delta
ipaddr_modify                                       1305    1297      -8
do_iprule                                            963     955      -8
do_iproute                                          2193    2169     -24
xrtnl_dump_filter                                    418     391     -27
rtnl_talk                                            671     536    -135
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/5 up/down: 0/-202)           Total: -202 bytes

Fix minor discrepancy in "make help"

Introduce FEATURE_COPYBUF_KB.
People who want smaller stack at any cost may use it
to reduce cp's stack usage (FEATURE_COPYBUF_KB=1).
Desktop people may get faster copy of big files
(FEATURE_COPYBUF_KB=32 is ~30% faster than 4kb)

dd: fix a bug where we don't report write errors
testsuite: small cleanup

full_write_or_warn                                    38      40      +2
write_and_stats                                       66      67      +1
dd_main                                             1358    1335     -23
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 2/1 up/down: 3/-23)             Total: -20 bytes

dd: add testsuite entry for write errors

test: stop using lots of bss.

function                                             old     new   delta
test_main                                            425     456     +31
t_lex                                                 69      73      +4
syntax                                               100     104      +4
ptr_to_statics                                         8      12      +4
t_wp_op                                                4       -      -4
t_wp                                                   4       -      -4
ngroups                                                4       -      -4
group_array                                            4       -      -4
binop                                                590     585      -5
oexpr                                                104      97      -7
aexpr                                                101      94      -7
nexpr                                                831     820     -11
leaving                                              156       -    -156
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 0/5 grow/shrink: 4/4 up/down: 43/-202)          Total: -159 bytes
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 775098     929    9084  785111   bfad7 busybox_old
 775107     933    8908  784948   bfa34 busybox_unstripped

dhcp: heed TODO item - divorced options from their string descriptions
code shrink while at it.

function                                             old     new   delta
dhcp_option_strings                                    -     258    +258
udhcp_run_script                                    1135    1174     +39
dhcp_option_lengths                                    -      11     +11
udhcp_add_simple_option                               93      92      -1
packet_num                                             4       -      -4
read_opt                                             746     739      -7
udhcp_option_lengths                                  11       -     -11
udhcpc_main                                         2590    2494     -96
dhcp_options                                         490      70    -420
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 2/2 grow/shrink: 1/4 up/down: 308/-539)         Total: -231 bytes
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 775309     929    9100  785338   bfbba busybox_old
 775098     929    9084  785111   bfad7 busybox_unstripped

sysctl: add -e: supress warnings about invalid key (Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org>)
code shrink:

   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 775565     929    9100  785594   bfcba busybox_old
 775296     929    9100  785325   bfbad busybox_unstripped

Further optimize applet tables; prettify build output

   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 775923     929    9100  785952   bfe20 busybox_old
 775565     929    9100  785594   bfcba busybox_unstripped

touch: accept and ignore -f

dhcpc: let server know we don't like oversized packets.
add TODO comment

forgotten part of previous commit

reorganize applet table. Eliminates pointers to names.
Should be a big win for libbusybox. busybox wins too:

   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 776524     929    9100  786553   c0079 busybox_old
 775903     929    9100  785932   bfe0c busybox_unstripped

ip route: add comment, no code changes

iproute: fix a bug where "ip r flush table main" was rejected,
add "ip r flush cache" (however I'm unsure it is really valid syntax)
Add a few comments and stop mixing params and params' keywords.

fix vda's testsuite bogons, part 2

fix vda's testsuite bogons, part 1

testsuite: add tests for cut and grep;
slight improvements to infrastructure

ash: make code simpler, and do not do close(-1) - it's rude

zcip: simplify code a bit

zcip: use low-order 4 bytes of MAC as random seed, not 4 high-order
arping: fix wrong roundtrip calculation
arping,zcip: cleanups and code shrink

run                                                  389     402     +13
arp                                                  195     188      -7
zcip_main                                           1524    1495     -29
arping_main                                         1874    1823     -51
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 1/3 up/down: 13/-87)            Total: -74 bytes
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 776587     929    9100  786616   c00b8 busybox_old
 776499     929    9100  786528   c0060 busybox_unstripped

cttyhack should be in /bin, not /usr/bin

which: fix testsuite failure
pidof: do not output empty line if nothing found
testsuite: disable false positive

dhcpc: cope with buggy DHCP servers which send oversized packets
(Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn <cristian.ionescu-idbohrn@axis.com>)

Announce 1.8.2 and 1.7.4

stty: reorganize data tables - save 0.5k

function                                             old     new   delta
mode_name                                              -     496    +496
control_name                                           -      91     +91
stty_main                                           1235    1255     +20
find_mode                                             45      63     +18
find_control                                          45      63     +18
do_display                                           482     493     +11
wrapf                                                165     166      +1
set_mode                                             761     759      -2
max_col                                                4       -      -4
device_name                                            4       -      -4
control_info                                         153      34    -119
mode_info                                           1700     680   -1020
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 2/2 grow/shrink: 5/3 up/down: 655/-1149)        Total: -494 bytes
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 777037     937    9100  787074   c0282 busybox_old
 776551     929    9100  786580   c0094 busybox_unstripped

remove echo_main -> bb_echo indirection

hush: fix segfault in "echo $@" when we have no arguments

fix buglets found by randomconfig

update defconfig

kill lash. "lash" builtin still exists, but it runs hush.

Add an RFC for future ipv6 ftp work

hush: implement echo builtin

builtin_echo                                           -      36     +36
bltins                                               384     396     +12
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 1/0 grow/shrink: 1/0 up/down: 48/0)               Total: 48 bytes

hush: fix $ expansion in redirections, add testcase for that

hush: implement test builtin

hush: plug memory leak

arping: fix help text (-i -> -I), and shorten it a bit

arping: fix a bug where there is implicit count of 4G;
eliminate data/bss usage; code shrink

function                                             old     new   delta
timeout_us                                             4       -      -4
static.start                                           4       -      -4
src                                                    4       -      -4
sock                                                   4       -      -4
sent                                                   4       -      -4
req_recv                                               4       -      -4
received                                               4       -      -4
last                                                   4       -      -4
dst                                                    4       -      -4
count                                                  4       -      -4
brd_sent                                               4       -      -4
brd_recv                                               4       -      -4
catcher                                              375     365     -10
me                                                    20       -     -20
he                                                    20       -     -20
arping_main                                         1941    1874     -67
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 0/14 grow/shrink: 0/2 up/down: 0/-165)          Total: -165 bytes
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 783035     941    9244  793220   c1a84 busybox_old
 782907     937    9156  793000   c19a8 busybox_unstripped

cut: add proper stdout error handling, fix "-" handling;
modest code shrink

logread: add forgotten INIT_G();

logread: eliminate usage of data/bss
ifup: don't remove virtual iface prefixes (eth0:0)

function                                             old     new   delta
shbuf                                                  4       -      -4
SMrup                                                  6       -      -6
SMrdn                                                 12       -     -12
static.label_buf                                      20       4     -16
get_var                                              158     140     -18
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 0/3 grow/shrink: 0/2 up/down: 0/-56)             Total: -56 bytes
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 783501     962    9260  793723   c1c7b busybox_old
 783483     942    9244  793669   c1c45 busybox_unstripped

dhcp: stop using magic constants; use (htonl(CONST) != a) - it's smaller

function                                             old     new   delta
udhcp_get_packet                                     146     134     -12
get_raw_packet                                       368     353     -15

udhcpc: remove -W option, -A can be reused for that
help texts: trimmed a bit

static.udhcpc_longopts                               227     209     -18
udhcpc_main                                         2633    2590     -43
packed_usage                                       22927   22871     -56
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(add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/3 up/down: 0/-117)           Total: -117 bytes

fix a thinko in build system

ash: fix bug where redirection of closed fd was leaving it open afterwards.

redirect                                             983    1024     +41
bb_echo                                              276     301     +25
popredir                                             118     132     +14
evalcommand                                         1163    1176     +13
bbunpack                                             358     366      +8
echocmd                                               13       5      -8
echo_main                                             13       5      -8
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 5/2 up/down: 101/-16)            Total: 85 bytes
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 774999     962    9236  785197   bfb2d busybox_old
 775084     962    9236  785282   bfb82 busybox_unstripped

sestatus: new SELinux applet (KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com>)

dhcpc: cleanup and comments; fix buggy timeout handling in corner cases.
-25 bytes.

udhcpc: an option to perform ARP check (Jonas Danielsson <jonas.danielsson@axis.com>)
configurable, ~+300 bytes when on.