[BusyBox] Patch with clean and remove bugs to m* utils

[Vladimir N. Oleynik]

Erik Andersen wrote:
 
> On Mon Jan 29, 2001 at 12:27:27PM +0300, Vladimir N. Oleynik wrote:
> > Patch in attach include
> > - mkdir: remove 3 lines in source code.     Status: low
> > - mkfs_minix: save 32 bytes, remove 4 bugs. Status: require.
> > - mkswap: save 64 bytes, remove 1 bug.      Status: require.
> 
> Excellent work.  Applied.

Thanks.
 
> As I was looking over your patch, I began thinking about
> how often error_msg_and_die() and error_msg() are used.
> Right now, these functions require a terminating \n.
> These functions are used a _lot_ so we could save some
> space by putting the \n into error_msg_and_die() and error_msg().
> 
>     $ grep error_msg *.c | grep -v perror_msg |wc
>         346    2064   21721

Hmm, It my idea ~ 10 December: my first post in this maillist! :00
 
>     --- utility.c   2001/01/30 18:03:11     1.194
>     +++ utility.c   2001/01/31 17:45:07
>     @@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ extern void error_msg(const char *s, ...
>             va_start(p, s);
>             verror_msg(s, p);
>             va_end(p);
>     +       write(fileno(stderr), "\n", 1);

putc('\n', stderr) not best? ;00


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