Missing ext2 applets in 1.4.2

Denis Vlasenko vda.linux at googlemail.com
Fri Jun 15 21:13:42 UTC 2007


On Friday 15 June 2007 18:00, Michael Cashwell wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I'm trying to figure out how best to add tools like fdisk.ext2, mke2fs,
> etc. to a busybox 1.4.2 setup on ARM. I've found old_e2fsprogs but it
> seems disconnected from the config/build system. That's not surprising
> given that e2fsprogs/Config.in has them all commented out, but I can't
> find any explanation as to why.
> 
> I've searched the docs for "ext2", "mk2fs" and "e2fsprogs" but see
> nothing other than an old screen shot that shows the tools used to be
> present and a general mention in a FAQ.
> 
> Can someone fill me in on why these ext2 applets are turned off? Were
> they being updated in 1.4 and I should just move to 1.5.x? Or were they
> being removed and I need to look outside busybox?

Most of e2fsprogs applets were disabled, because they are very bloated.
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