[PATCH 1/2] busybox: list applets and custom scripts separately

Ron Yorston rmy at pobox.com
Mon Nov 19 12:07:29 UTC 2018


Denys Vlasenko wrote:
>On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 4:02 PM Ron Yorston <rmy at pobox.com> wrote:
>> Make 'busybox --help' distinguish between applets (including
>> scripted applets) and custom scripts.
>
>Why?

It's information that might be useful to end users.

If an applet is listed as a custom script it indicates it was added by
a third party.  A *lazy* third party who didn't even take the trouble
to create a configuration file for it.

Since it wasn't created by the developers of BusyBox, they can't be held
responsible for any mischief it causes.

It may also be useful if the custom scripts are the raison d'etre of
a particular build of BusyBox.  The end user may not care about the
hundreds of standard applets, just the handful of custom scripts tacked
on at the end.  This makes it easy to see them at a glance.

Ron


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