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Eric Andersenfa0540f1999-10-22 18:18:31 +000010.32
Eric Andersena07f0b01999-10-22 19:49:09 +00002 * usage() now printf the BusyBox version. This will help folks
3 realize that they are not in Kansas anymore.
Eric Andersenfa0540f1999-10-22 18:18:31 +00004 * Fixed mkdir -m option so that it works.
Eric Andersena7093171999-10-23 05:42:08 +00005 * kill segfaulted w/o any arguments. Now it doesn't do that.
6 * kill wasn't properly accepting signal names. It does now.
Eric Andersen0460ff21999-10-25 23:32:44 +00007 * Added new apps chvt and deallocvt
8 * Major adjustment of init.c. Code is now readable IMHO,
9 and much more solid.
Eric Andersenff719d61999-10-29 23:36:31 +000010 * Wrote sed -- weighs only 1.8k (5.8k with full regular expressions!).
Eric Andersenbe971d61999-11-03 16:52:50 +000011 * Fixed a stupid seg-fault in sync
Eric Andersena7093171999-10-23 05:42:08 +000012
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Eric Andersenfa0540f1999-10-22 18:18:31 +000014
Eric Andersenaa0765e1999-10-22 04:30:20 +0000150.31
16 * I added a changelog for version 0.30.
17 * adjusted find internals to make it smaller, and removed
18 some redundancy.
19 * Fixed a segfault in ps when /etc/passwd or /etc/group
20 are absent. Now will warn you and carry on.
21 * Added in optional _real_ regular expression support (to be
Eric Andersen8eefd021999-10-22 05:18:28 +000022 the basis for a future sed utility). When compiled in
23 it adds 3.9k, but makes grep much more capable.
Eric Andersen51f8c891999-10-22 05:14:44 +000024 * Checked out using nftw(3) for recursive stuff, but unfortunatly
25 it wasn't supported before GNU libc 2.1, and some folks use
26 glibc 2.0.7 since it is much smaller than that latest and greatest.
Eric Andersenaa0765e1999-10-22 04:30:20 +000027
Eric Andersena7093171999-10-23 05:42:08 +000028 -Erik Andersen
Eric Andersenaa0765e1999-10-22 04:30:20 +000029
Eric Andersenc4996011999-10-20 22:08:37 +0000300.30
31 Major changes -- lots of stuff rewritten. Many thanks to Lineo for
32 paying me to make these updates. If you have any problems with busybox,
Eric Andersenaa0765e1999-10-22 04:30:20 +000033 or notice any bugs -- please let me know so I can fix it. These
34 changes include:
35
36 Core Changes:
37 * busybox can now invoke apps in two ways: via symlinks to the
38 busybox binary, and as 'busybox [function] [arguments]...'
39 * When invoked as busybox, the list of currently compiled in
40 functions is printed out (no this is not bloat -- the list
41 has to be there anyway to map invocation name to function).
42 * busybox no longer parses command lines for apps or displays their
43 usage info. Each app gets to handle (or not handle) this for
44 itself.
45 * Eliminated monadic, dyadic, descend, block_device, and
46 postprocess. It was cumbersome to have so many programs
47 cobbled together in this way. Without them, the app is much
48 more granular.
49 * All shared code now lives in utility.c, and is properly
50 ifdef'ed to be only included for those apps requiring it.
51 * Eliminated struct FileInfo (the basis of monadic, dyadic, etc)
52 so now each app has the function prototype of (da-dum):
53 extern int foo_main(int argc, char** argv);
54 which speeds integration of new apps.
55 * Adjusted the Makefile to make it easier to
56 {en|dis}able debugging.
57 * Changed default compiler optimization to -Os
58 (optimize for smaller binaries).
59
60 App Changes:
61 * To cope with the new app function prototype and the removal of
62 monadic, dyadic, etc, the following apps were re-written:
63 * cat - Works same as always.
64 * chgrp, chmod, chown - rewrite. Combined into a single
65 source file. Absorbed patches from Enrique Zanardi <ezanard@debian.org>
66 that removes the dependency on libc6 libnss* libraries.
67 * cp - Can now do 'cp -a' can can copy devices,
68 pipes, symlinks, as well as recursive or non-recursive dir copies.
69 * fdflush - adjusted to remove dependancy on struct FileInfo.
70 * find - Now includes some basic regexp matching
71 which will be the basic of a future mini-sed.
72 * ln - Same functionality.
73 * mkdir - Added -p flag to feature set.
74 * mv - rewrite.
75 * rm - Added -f flag to feature set.
76 * rmdir - Same functionality.
77 * swapon, swapoff - Combined into a single binary. No longer
78 uses /etc/swaps. swap{on|off} -a uses /etc/fstab instead.
79 * touch - Same functionality.
80 * date - adjusted with a patch from Matthew Grant <grantma@anathoth.gen.nz>
81 to accomodate glibc timezone support. I then ripped out GNU getopt.
82 * mkswap -- new version merged from util-linux. Can now make >128Meg swaps.
83 * Replaced the old and star, unstar, and tarcat with the tar
84 implementation from sash. Now tar behaves as god intended
85 it to (i.e. tar -xvf <file> and tar -cf <file> <dir> work).
86 * dd -- rewritten. Can with with files, stdin, stdout.
87 * Added the following new apps:
88 * loadfont -- added from debian boot floppies
89 * chroot -- added based on a patch from Paolo Molaro <lupus@lettere.unipd.it>
90 * grep -- I just wrote it. Only matches simple strings
91 * ps -- I just wrote it. Has _no_ options at all, but works.
92 * fsck_minix, mkfs_minix -- added from util-linux, but I ripped out
93 internationalization and such to make them smaller.
94 * sfdisk -- Added from util-linux (minus internationalization and such).
95 * Probably some other changes that I forgot to document...
96
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Eric Andersen2ce1edc1999-10-12 15:42:48 +0000990.28
100 mini-netcat (mnc) rewritten.
101
Eric Andersencc8ed391999-10-05 16:24:54 +00001020.27
103 Mount now supports -a, and -t auto.
104 Mount now updates mtab correctly for 'ro'.
105 More checks screen rows size, outputs bytes percentage.
106 Printf added as module.
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108 Touch now creates files. -c option for no create.
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