[git commit] Announce 1.25.0
Denys Vlasenko
vda.linux at googlemail.com
Tue Jun 21 23:25:52 UTC 2016
commit: https://git.busybox.net/busybox-website/commit/?id=ac04e5537d89d05ee45f61b6e9a79b64010b901e
branch: https://git.busybox.net/busybox-website/commit/?id=refs/heads/master
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux at googlemail.com>
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+ <li><b>22 June 2016 -- BusyBox 1.25.0 (unstable)</b>
+ <p><a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.25.0.tar.bz2">BusyBox 1.25.0</a>.
+ (<a href="http://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_24_stable">git</a>,
+ <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.25.0/">patches</a>,
+ <a href="http://busybox.net/fix.html">how to add a patch</a>)</p>
+
+ <p>Sizes of busybox-1.24.2 and busybox-1.25.0 (with equivalent config, static uclibc build):<pre>
+ text data bss dec hex filename
+ 894406 494 7420 902320 dc4b0 busybox-1.24.2
+ 893717 489 7304 901510 dc186 busybox-1.25.0</pre>
+ </p>
+
+ <p>Changes since previous release:
+<pre>Aaro Koskinen (5):
+ cpio: implement -R/--owner
+ xargs: make -I imply -r
+ gunzip: add support for long options
+ gzip: add support for --no-name long option
+ nandwrite: implement -n (read/write without ecc)
+
+Ari Sundholm (2):
+ blkdiscard: new applet
+ truncate: always set mode when opening file to avoid fortify errors
+
+Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) (1):
+ taskset: fix non-fancy cpuset printing on big-endian
+
+Bartosz Golaszewski (7):
+ i2cdetect: fix address skipping in auto mode
+ i2cdump: don't read block data in non-block modes
+ i2cdump: use I2C block mode for the 'i' mode parameter
+ i2cdump: bail-out if block read fails
+ i2cdump: display the numeric value for block read ioctl() errors
+ unshare: new applet
+ nsenter: new applet
+
+Bjørn Forsman (1):
+ kconfig/lxdialog: get ncurses CFLAGS with pkg-config
+
+Chris Renshaw (1):
+ Resolve linker issues with Android API 21 (dprintf, tcdrain)
+
+Christian Lindeberg (1):
+ udhcpd: keep expired leases at startup
+
+Curt Brune (1):
+ networking: add 'ip neigh' command
+
+Denys Vlasenko:
+ make MKPASSWD a separate config option, not an automatic alias to cryptpw
+ rename FEATURE_INITRD to LINUXRC and make it separate, not an alias to init
+ fixes for problems found by bionic build
+ build system: finer-grained selection of search speedup table
+ build system: fix generate_BUFSIZ.sh to not alternate 1k and malloc builds
+ scripts/trylink: fix bit-rotted linker option verification
+ scripts/trylink: libbusybox fix
+ scripts/trylink: remove $CPPFLAGS
+ scripts/trylink: on failure, print a hint about CONFIG_EXTRA_LDLIBS
+ generate_BUFSIZ.sh: catch BUFSIZE < 1024 also on "big" builds
+ libbb: constify *bb_common_bufsiz1 (if it is compiled to be a pointer)
+ libbb: factor out code which queries screen width
+ libbb: get_uidgid() always called with allow_numeric=1
+ libbb: make "COMMON_BUFSIZE = 1024 bytes, the buffer will be malloced" work
+ libbb: make bb_common_bufsiz1 1 kbyte, add capability to use bss tail for it
+ libbb: make parse_chown_usergroup_or_die() set unspecified uid/gid to -1
+ libbb: speed up error_msg functions
+ libbb: two new functions: wait_for_exitstatus(pid), xfchdir(fd)
+ libarchive: fix open_zipped()
+ libarchive: fix xmalloc_open_zipped_read_close()
+ networking: allow dot at the end of the domain name in dhcp response
+ arping: avoid use of ether_ntoa(). Closes 8926
+ ash: fix command -- crash
+ cp: add -u/--update and --remove-destination
+ dos2unix: try to preserve ownership. closes 8311
+ du: extra compat: with -k and -m, round sizes up
+ dumpleases: make host names sanitized to shell-friendly condition
+ find_applet_by_name: add an example of faster linear search code
+ flock: fix -c; improve error handling of fork+exec
+ flock: merge spawn_and_wait() code patchs for -c and sans-c uses
+ fsck: do not use statics
+ fsck: use printf for message, not bb_info_msg
+ ftpd: make DIR parameter work for non-root too: chdir to it instead of chroot
+ grep: make errors other than "not found" result in exit code 2. Closes 8796
+ httpd: fix heap buffer overflow. Closes 8426
+ i2c_tools: suppress "'blen' may be used uninitialized in this function"
+ ifupdowm: fix "warning: unused variable 'iface_list'"
+ inotifyd: swap meaning of 'y' and 'm' events in help text. Closes 8726
+ iproute: support "scope". Closes 8561
+ libiproute: make rt_addr_n2a() and format_host() return auto strings
+ libiproute: rename invarg(a,b) to invarg_1_to_2(a,b)
+ login: add commented-out PAM double password avoidance from BZ 4003
+ ls: fix columnar output. Closes 8731
+ lzop: eliminate variable, use "int" as return type
+ mkfs_vfat: use bb_error_msg for logging, not bb_info_msg
+ modinfo: fix "-F firmware", add "intree" field display
+ modprobe-small: fix bogus handling of unpack errors
+ modprobe: skip non-.conf files only in subdirectories
+ modutils: fix build error with !DEPMOD
+ mount: support "nofail" option. Closes 8551
+ nmeter: convert field list to bit list
+ nmeter: fix a bug with unterminated varargs
+ nmeter: reinstate and document -d-1
+ nmeter: remove undocumented %NNNd specifier
+ ntpd: do not use a peer more than once (say, if two peers resolve to the same IP)
+ ntpd: if peer does not reply anymore, try re-resolving its hostname
+ ntpd: more informative poll lowering message
+ ntpd: print packet delay in clock update message
+ ntpd: retry initial DNS resolution (forever, no timeout for now)
+ ntpd: step when |offset| > 1 sec, not 0.125 sec
+ od: get rid of (almost all) statics
+ patch: correctly handle "patch FILE_TO_PATCH" form. Closes 7736
+ pmap: fix bogus {no such process} comm field text
+ rmmod: fix bad error message
+ sed: fix append command to match GNU sed 4.2.1
+ sed: make 's///w FILE' actually write to FILE. Closes 8251
+ sed: support "-f -" idiom
+ sed: understand \n, \r and \t in i and a commands. Closes 8871
+ setarch: add support for '-R' (disable randomization)
+ setfiles: switch bb_info_msg to printf
+ setsid: implement -c
+ sort: fix ENDCHAR handling in "-kSTART,N.ENDCHAR"
+ sort: fix key with delimiters breakage
+ stat: make -f optional. This allows to build stat for non-linux systems
+ sulogin: drop incorrect comment about suid-ness
+ sulogin: remove suid paranoia code, explain why it's not necessary
+ sulogin: use bb_error_msg instead of bb_info_msg; better message
+ tar: add a test that we don't write into symlinks
+ tar: add support for --strip-components=N
+ tar: fix files skipped with --strip_components not resetting selinux context
+ tar: implement --version for buildroot
+ tar: shrink hardlink name handling code
+ top: make sort field for 's' mode less confusing
+ udhcp: add setup_common_bufsiz() as needed
+ udhcp: fix a SEGV on malformed RFC1035-encoded domain name
+ udhcp: get rid of bb_info_msg()
+ udhcpc: do not use -t NUM for counting "select" packets, use 3
+ udhcpc: fix OPTION_6RD parsing (could overflow its malloced buffer)
+ umount: build fix for older glibc
+ unzip: better match for "standard" unzip's output; string shrinkage
+ unzip: fix a case where we find wrong CDE. Closes 8821
+ unzip: fix percent overflow; show "stored" files properly
+ unzip: shorter code for date/time generation
+ unzip: test for bad archive SEGVing
+ wget: if stderr is not a tty, progress bar shouldn't use tty-tricks
+ wget: make -T timeout work on header reads too. Closes 8636
+ wget: make Bartosz's "wget --passive-ftp -nd -t 3" work
+ zcip: do not query current time if we won't use the result
+ zcip: use bb_error_msg for logging, not bb_info_msg
+
+Felix Fietkau (1):
+ busybox: fix uninitialized memory when displaying IPv6 addresses
+
+Hans Dedecker (1):
+ dhcpc: Use client IP address as source address for DHCP renew/rebind messages
+
+Isaac Dunham (1):
+ dumpleases: new option -d to show time in seconds
+
+Jean Delvare (1):
+ kbuild: Fix gcc -x syntax
+
+Junio C Hamano (1):
+ kconfig: fix menuconfig on debian lenny
+
+Justin Lecher (1):
+ menuconfig: optionally use pkg-config to detect ncurses libs
+
+Krzysztof Mazur (1):
+ menuconfig: fix extended colors ncurses support
+
+Kylie McClain (1):
+ Fix compiling with musl's utmp stubs
+
+Michal Marek (1):
+ kbuild: Make scripts executable
+
+Mike Frysinger (12):
+ trylink: include LDFLAGS when checking linkage
+ swapon/swapoff: refine the -e (ifexists) option
+ blkid: add bcache support
+ truncate: use O_WRONLY|O_NONBLOCK
+ build: add a sanitizer debug option
+ modprobe: only parse files that end in .conf
+ ash_test: printenv: fix missing includes
+ ash_test: ignore generated files
+ Revert "lxdialog: fix ncursesw include detection"
+ syslogd: minor tweaks to text
+ undeb: clean up
+ unrpm: clean up
+
+Natanael Copa (2):
+ ifupdown: use -x hostname:NAME with udhcpc
+ libbb: fix time parsing of [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS]. Closes 8951
+
+Nicolas Carrier (1):
+ init: make the command-line rewrite optional
+
+Nicolas Cavallari (1):
+ ifupdown: allow duplicate interface definitions
+
+Pascal Bach (1):
+ chpasswd: support -c argument and respect DEFAULT_PASSWD_ALGO
+
+Rafał Miłecki (1):
+ dd: support iflag=skip_bytes
+
+Richard Genoud (1):
+ tr: support octal ranges
+
+Ron Yorston (26):
+ Rewrite iteration through applet names to save a few bytes
+ libbb: move common code into run_applet_and_exit
+ lineedit: search applets as well as PATH for tab completion
+ ash: add tests for failures of the exec and command builtins
+ ash: fix EXEXEC status clobbering
+ ash: allow popredir to be called if the stack is empty
+ ash: copy function tests from hush testsuite
+ ash: add support for bash 'function' keyword
+ ash: add test for issue with here document
+ ash: allow newline after variable name in for loop
+ ash: save a few bytes in code to parse case statements
+ ash: respect -p flag when command builtin is run with -v/-V
+ ash: only allow local variables in functions
+ ash: fix error during recursive processing of here document
+ ash: simplify EOF/newline handling in list parser
+ ash: fix corruption of ${#var} if $var contains UTF-8 characters
+ ash: bash-compatible $'...' shouldn't expand in double quotes
+ busybox: alter help message in standalone shell mode
+ busybox: make busybox an optional applet
+ Allow "busybox APPLET" to work when busybox is disabled
+ wget: shrink code if https isn't supported
+ libiproute: use if_nametoindex
+ printf: short-circuit output when argument to %b includes \c
+ applet_tables: save space by removing applet name offsets
+ find_applet_by_name: loop index should be signed
+
+Sven Eisenberg (2):
+ ubirename: new applet
+ ubirmvol: implement -N switch for ubirmvol
+
+Szabolcs Nagy (1):
+ ip: fix problem on mips64 n64 big endian musl systems
+
+Timo Teräs (4):
+ ifupdown: pass interface device name for ipv6 route commands
+ fbsplash: use virtual y size in mmap size calculations
+ modutils: merge module_entry and module_info to common
+ networking: properly initialize ipv6 scope id for printing it
+
+Yaakov Selkowitz (2):
+ kconfig: check ncursesw headers first in check-lxdialog
+ kconfig: fix check-lxdialog for DLL platforms
+
+Yann E. MORIN (1):
+ kconfig/lxdialog: rationalise the include paths where to find {.n}curses{,w}.h
+</pre>
+ </p>
+ </li>
+
<li><b>25 March 2016 -- Building on an Android tablet.</b>
<p>Android is based on Linux kernel, but sadly and unexplicably,
Android userspace is not Unix-friendly: in many cases,
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