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2 * I added a changelog for version 0.30.
3 * adjusted find internals to make it smaller, and removed
4 some redundancy.
5 * Fixed a segfault in ps when /etc/passwd or /etc/group
6 are absent. Now will warn you and carry on.
7 * Added in optional _real_ regular expression support (to be
Eric Andersen8eefd021999-10-22 05:18:28 +00008 the basis for a future sed utility). When compiled in
9 it adds 3.9k, but makes grep much more capable.
Eric Andersen51f8c891999-10-22 05:14:44 +000010 * Checked out using nftw(3) for recursive stuff, but unfortunatly
11 it wasn't supported before GNU libc 2.1, and some folks use
12 glibc 2.0.7 since it is much smaller than that latest and greatest.
Eric Andersenaa0765e1999-10-22 04:30:20 +000013
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Eric Andersenc4996011999-10-20 22:08:37 +0000150.30
16 Major changes -- lots of stuff rewritten. Many thanks to Lineo for
17 paying me to make these updates. If you have any problems with busybox,
Eric Andersenaa0765e1999-10-22 04:30:20 +000018 or notice any bugs -- please let me know so I can fix it. These
19 changes include:
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21 Core Changes:
22 * busybox can now invoke apps in two ways: via symlinks to the
23 busybox binary, and as 'busybox [function] [arguments]...'
24 * When invoked as busybox, the list of currently compiled in
25 functions is printed out (no this is not bloat -- the list
26 has to be there anyway to map invocation name to function).
27 * busybox no longer parses command lines for apps or displays their
28 usage info. Each app gets to handle (or not handle) this for
29 itself.
30 * Eliminated monadic, dyadic, descend, block_device, and
31 postprocess. It was cumbersome to have so many programs
32 cobbled together in this way. Without them, the app is much
33 more granular.
34 * All shared code now lives in utility.c, and is properly
35 ifdef'ed to be only included for those apps requiring it.
36 * Eliminated struct FileInfo (the basis of monadic, dyadic, etc)
37 so now each app has the function prototype of (da-dum):
38 extern int foo_main(int argc, char** argv);
39 which speeds integration of new apps.
40 * Adjusted the Makefile to make it easier to
41 {en|dis}able debugging.
42 * Changed default compiler optimization to -Os
43 (optimize for smaller binaries).
44
45 App Changes:
46 * To cope with the new app function prototype and the removal of
47 monadic, dyadic, etc, the following apps were re-written:
48 * cat - Works same as always.
49 * chgrp, chmod, chown - rewrite. Combined into a single
50 source file. Absorbed patches from Enrique Zanardi <ezanard@debian.org>
51 that removes the dependency on libc6 libnss* libraries.
52 * cp - Can now do 'cp -a' can can copy devices,
53 pipes, symlinks, as well as recursive or non-recursive dir copies.
54 * fdflush - adjusted to remove dependancy on struct FileInfo.
55 * find - Now includes some basic regexp matching
56 which will be the basic of a future mini-sed.
57 * ln - Same functionality.
58 * mkdir - Added -p flag to feature set.
59 * mv - rewrite.
60 * rm - Added -f flag to feature set.
61 * rmdir - Same functionality.
62 * swapon, swapoff - Combined into a single binary. No longer
63 uses /etc/swaps. swap{on|off} -a uses /etc/fstab instead.
64 * touch - Same functionality.
65 * date - adjusted with a patch from Matthew Grant <grantma@anathoth.gen.nz>
66 to accomodate glibc timezone support. I then ripped out GNU getopt.
67 * mkswap -- new version merged from util-linux. Can now make >128Meg swaps.
68 * Replaced the old and star, unstar, and tarcat with the tar
69 implementation from sash. Now tar behaves as god intended
70 it to (i.e. tar -xvf <file> and tar -cf <file> <dir> work).
71 * dd -- rewritten. Can with with files, stdin, stdout.
72 * Added the following new apps:
73 * loadfont -- added from debian boot floppies
74 * chroot -- added based on a patch from Paolo Molaro <lupus@lettere.unipd.it>
75 * grep -- I just wrote it. Only matches simple strings
76 * ps -- I just wrote it. Has _no_ options at all, but works.
77 * fsck_minix, mkfs_minix -- added from util-linux, but I ripped out
78 internationalization and such to make them smaller.
79 * sfdisk -- Added from util-linux (minus internationalization and such).
80 * Probably some other changes that I forgot to document...
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Eric Andersen2ce1edc1999-10-12 15:42:48 +0000840.28
85 mini-netcat (mnc) rewritten.
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Eric Andersencc8ed391999-10-05 16:24:54 +0000870.27
88 Mount now supports -a, and -t auto.
89 Mount now updates mtab correctly for 'ro'.
90 More checks screen rows size, outputs bytes percentage.
91 Printf added as module.
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93 Touch now creates files. -c option for no create.
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