# CONFIG_BUSYBOX is not set: breakage on master

Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn cristian.ionescu-idbohrn at axis.com
Sat Aug 27 06:18:25 UTC 2016


On Sat, 27 Aug 2016, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 11:33 PM, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn
> <cristian.ionescu-idbohrn at axis.com> wrote:
> > $ ./busybox
> > busybox: applet not found
> >
> > $ gcc --version
> > gcc (Debian 6.2.0-1) 6.2.0 20160822
> >
> > That's debian unstable.
> >
> > Everything since commit 877dedb seems broken.
>
> It's not a bug, it's a feature

Really?

> config BUSYBOX
>         bool "Include busybox applet"
>         default y
>         help
>           The busybox applet provides general help regarding busybox and
>           allows the included applets to be listed.  It's also required
>           if applet links are to be installed at runtime.
>
>           If you can live without these features disabling this will save
>           some space.

And this is also expected:

	$ ./busybox
	busybox: applet not found

when executed immediately after build?  And this too?

	$ ./busybox --help
	-help: applet not found

	$ ./busybox --list
	-list: applet not found


Cheers,

-- 
Cristian


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