[BusyBox] Busybox - ported getopt(1)

Erik Andersen andersen at lineo.com
Tue Aug 22 15:48:42 UTC 2000


On Tue Aug 22, 2000 at 06:16:23PM +1000, Glenn McGrath wrote:
> Erik Andersen wrote:
> > 
> > Sure.  I think it would be a nice addition.  BTW, did you see the
> > shell script 'udpkg.sh' I whipped together this morning (posted
> > to debian-boot and debian-devel).  Something like that...
> > 
> >  -Erik
> > 
> 
> Yes i did, a script does have the advantage that it would be more
> portable than a busybox specific mini dpkg.
> Anyway i started lookint at implementing this in busybox, and it got me
> thinking about how ive implemented ar, im now working on an updated
> version of ar, should be smaller, more flexible and simpler. It would be
> good if it could tie in better with tar, seems they share a lot of
> functionality. I should have an ar patch within a day or two.

Cool -- I look forward to seeing your work.  BTW, I was on IRC 
last night, and it looks like tausq has started working on a mini 
dpkg in C...

 -Erik

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