busybox Digest, Vol 73, Issue 13

Kristoffer Grundström kristoffer.grundstrom1983 at gmail.com
Sat Aug 13 19:39:36 UTC 2011


2011-08-13 14:00, busybox-request at busybox.net skrev:
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>     1. 1.19.0 is released (Denys Vlasenko)
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> Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 09:45:32 +0200
> From: Denys Vlasenko<vda.linux at googlemail.com>
> To: busybox at busybox.net, Rob Landley<rob at landley.net>
> Subject: 1.19.0 is released
> Message-ID:<201108130945.32400.vda.linux at googlemail.com>
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> Rob,
> 'less: optionally query terminal size via "ESC [ 6 n". Closes 2659'
> item is the thing you asked for sometime ago. It is finally done.
>
> =======================================================
> 13 August 2011 -- BusyBox 1.19.0 (unstable)
>
> Sizes of busybox-1.18.5 and busybox-1.19.0 (with equivalent config, static uclibc build):
>
>     text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
>   837577     493    7516  845586   ce712 busybox-1.18.5/busybox
>   839598     493    7508  847599   ceeef busybox-1.19.0/busybox
>
> Changes since previous release:
>
> Alexander Shishkin:
>        diff: return 1 when skipping directories with -r, but without -N
>
> Alexey Fomenko:
>        libbb: remove dead code in getopt32
>        lineedit: fix rare SEGV
>        route: add missing fclose's
>        ifupdown: don't leak malloced variables in the loop; remove double alloc
>        md5/sha1sum: fix small resource leak
>
> Alexey Soloviev:
>        date: preserve isdst value if date is in time_t (unix time) format
>
> Bernhard Reutner-Fischer:
>        mount: for NFS use tcp per default rather than udp
>        inetd: check if RPC is available
>
> Bogdan Harjoc:
>        find: implement -ipath
>
> Chris Rees:
>        build system: do not use GNU-isms in find
>        FreeBSD compat patches
>
> Dan Fandrich:
>        simplify Ethernet header includes
>        use the built-in getline on more systems that don't have it
>        hush: support set -o xtrace/noexec alternates for set -x/-n
>        fbsplash: display images even when a second buffer is active
>        blockdev: add --getsz to replace --getsize
>        platform.h: support for build under Android
>
> Daniel Fandrich:
>        replaced __u32 etc with standard uint32_t style types
>        support configuring Busybox from _defconfig files
>        add defconfig files for Android, Cygwin and FreeBSD
>
> Davide Cavalca:
>        hwclock: implement --systz
>        syslogd: add and use CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSTEMD
>
> Denys Vlasenko:
>        use net/ethernet.h instead of linux/if_ether.h in more cases. Closes 3619
>        improve --install operation in chroot jails
>        incorporate header fixes proposed in bug 3097
>        remove erroneous dependencies on INSTALLER
>        remove old "define lchown chown"
>        replace "depends on PLATFORM_LINUX" with "select PLATFORM_LINUX"
>        use user's shell instead of hardwired "/bin/sh" (android needs this)
>        disable automatic selection of FEATURE_SUID
>        if only one applet is enabled, make "busybox applet [params]" work as expected
>        scripts/kconfig/mconf.c: stop-gap fix for buffer overflow
>        libbb/login/su: do not sanitize shell name twice
>        libbb/progress.c: make sure we never get negative ETA
>        libbb/progress.c: use unicode support funcs instead of open-coding it
>        libbb/progress.c: better overflow protection; more precise bar
>        libbb/progress.c: display>999 hours ETA correctly
>        libbb/progress.c: fix bugs found in stall detection and unknown size logic
>        libbb/read_cmdline: prepend {comm} if different from argv0. Closes 3835
>        libbb: make BB_EXECVP/LP try to exec real binary if there's no /proc/self/exe
>        libbb: make set_nport accept pointer to sockaddr, not to len_and_sockaddr
>        libbb: make user/group name cache strings longer (~27 chars)
>        libbb: optionally support RTMIN[+n] and RTMAX[-n] signal names
>        libbb: spawn should remove child which failed to exec
>        libbb: use _unlocked variants of stdio I/O
>        lineedit: implement optional Ctrl-R history search
>        lineedit: fixes for CONFIG_UNICODE_USING_LOCALE=y
>        main: free suid_config list after use
>        main: make busybox.conf mode handling less obscure
>        ash: fix ash-signals/signal8 testcase failure
>        ash: fix execution of shell scripts without shebang
>        ash: optional support for $TMOUT variable
>        ash,hush: add ulimit -e -r (RLIMIT_NICE, RLIMIT_RTPRIO)
>        ash,hush: optional support for $HISTFILESIZE
>        ash,hush: recheck LANG before every line input
>        hush: do not print killer signal's name for SIGPIPE
>        hush: fix "cmd&  <newline>" problem
>        hush: fix FEATURE_CLEAN_UP code (was freeing unallocated memory)
>        hush: fix a case where return in sourced file has no effect
>        hush: fix a corner case of empty "do \n done" structure
>        hush: fix incorrect PS2 display and trap handling while reading command
>        hush: fix login shell's signal handling; add -l option so that it's easier to test
>        hush: fix misparsing of "... do eval a= ...". Closes 3721
>        hush: fix bugs with IFS expansion. Closes 4027
>        hush: fix source1.tests
>        hush: fix wrong prompt problem on empty interactive commands
>        hush: fixes and small shrink for HUSH_JOB!=y
>        hush: improve prompt in nested {}s
>        hush: make parse errors in sourced file non-fatal in interactive script
>        hush: make read builtin interruptible
>        hush: replace signal handling machinery
>        hush: use FEATURE_SH_NOFORK to enable NOFORK trick
>        adduser: better logic for choosing addgroup -g/--gid
>        adduser: prefer to call addgroup --gid, not non-std addgroup -g
>        adduser: safe username passing to passwd/addgroup
>        adduser: use better argv passing to addgroup
>        basename,dirname,freeramdisk,rx,raidautorun,runsv,chvt: skip "--" argument
>        blkid: optional support for TYPE="fstype"
>        busybox.conf: USER.GROUP is _optional_
>        busybox: fail if --install is not given an absolute path
>        bzip2: plug memory leak on every processed file
>        chrt: -m can be used without any arguments. Closes 2989
>        chrt: correct opt_complementary. Closes 2977
>        cpio: allow cpio -i to take params - names of files to extract
>        date,touch: treat 2-digit years better (fit them into +-50 yrs around today)
>        date: add a comment about _SVID_SOURCE
>        dc: fix a case where we can run off malloced space
>        die_if_bad_username: tighten up a bit
>        echo: do not retry on write errors
>        echo: fix ENOSPC detection and some iffy code in \NNN handling
>        echo: fix SEGV when run with no args
>        fbset: abort on unknown options. Closes 3121
>        fbset: apply modelines. Closes 3823
>        fdisk: make FDISK_SUPPORT_LARGE_DISKS redundant when LFS=y
>        fdisk: reinstate a short sleep between sync() and ioctl(BLKRRPART)
>        fdisk_osf: simplify ifdef (incidentally, adds support for Microblaze)
>        find: cater for libc w/o FNM_CASEFOLD
>        find: fix a bug in !ENABLE_FEATURE_FIND_XDEV config
>        find: print/print0/prune _can_ be inverted, fix it
>        find: remove the hack we use to parse options first, replace with simpler code
>        fix !ENABLE_FEATURE_GETOPT_LONG build. Closes 3775
>        fix parameter loading problem for 2.4 kernels. Closes 3223
>        fuser: fix inverted access() check. Closes 3799
>        gen_build_files.sh: do not use "sed --" for now
>        getty: add ECHOE explanation
>        getty: add sleep before initial tcdrain; reduce another sleep from 1 to 0.1s
>        getty: do clear CLOCAL and CRTSCTS unless told otherwise
>        getty: do not clear all c_cflag's (we were clearing baud bits!)
>        getty: document bits we don't set - maybe we should set some of them?
>        getty: fix -i (was ignored)
>        getty: flush _only_ input after switching to the next baud rate
>        getty: simplify macros; improve VSWTC[H] compat
>        getty: use cfsetspeed to save some bytes
>        groups: make it NOEXEC
>        halt/reboot: better message if /sbin/telinit is not found
>        httpd: send correct mtime for .gz files
>        hwclock: use locale-specific date output format
>        id: correct getgroups usage
>        id: fix inverted if (!ENABLE_DESKTOP)
>        init: fix a case where execv's 1st arg was wrong
>        init: simpler handling of leading dash in commands
>        insmod: check for module read errors
>        iplink: tweak includes to work on android
>        iproute: fix handling of "dev IFACE" selector
>        iproute: fix parsing and matching of "short" IP addrs like 10/8
>        kill[all[5]],pkill: make signal list show signal numbers, and show RTMIN/MAX
>        klogd: fix the problem of delayed handling of ^C and SIGTERM
>        length: disable this applet
>        less: optionally query terminal size via "ESC [ 6 n". Closes 2659
>        ls: -g implies -l
>        ls: add support for -H
>        ls: fix HAVE_STRVERSCMP check; add check for older uclibc versions
>        ls: fix bits for -T, -w and --color; make -n imply -l
>        ls: fix handling of symlinks by option -1
>        ls: fix one-bit-off which caused -H to behave as -h
>        ls: for some options, only last takes effect. Closes 2959
>        ls: make -F not follow symlinks of the command line
>        ls: make -v and -X actually work as intended
>        ls: make -x force columnar output
>        ls: print a space after each column. Closes 2941
>        ls: reduce memory consumption and speed up (don't do redundant [l]stat)
>        ls: widen -s (1k blocks) column from 4 to 6
>        lsmod: fix unsafe usage of strlen()-1
>        mailutils/*: add verbose option to sendmail; remove -m and -j from makemime
>        mesg: make group/all writability configurable
>        mesg: operate on stdin, not on stderr (compat)
>        mktemp: make it more compatible with GNU coreutils 8.4
>        modprobe-small: support compressed modules in insmod
>        modprobe/insmod: fix parameter quoting
>        modprobe: fix "modprobe -l name-with-dash"
>        more: exit if write to stdout errors out
>        more: fix tabs handling
>        mount: strip multiple trailing slashes, not just one
>        move nofork_save_area from libbb.h to vfork_daemon_rexec.c
>        nmeter: deprecate %NNNd specified, use -d MSEC instead
>        ntpd: decrease ntpd -q "no response" timeout to 10 sec
>        od: another fix for --strings
>        od: fix "od --traditional FILE"
>        od: fix -S NUM to not print chars>0x80
>        parse_config: make test applet easier to enable; fix its code
>        ping: fix IPv6 pinging. Closes 3187
>        ping: set not only IP_TTL, but also IP_MULTICAST_TTL
>        printenv: fix environ == NULL segfault
>        procps: remove PSSCAN_STAT define, users were using it incorrectly
>        ps: implement -o stat
>        pstree: use stdin for screen size detection
>        reformime: do not require \r\n
>        reset: "ESC(K" selects German, why did we use that? Change to "ESC(B" (US)
>        sed: support \r in s command
>        start-stop-daemon: fix "-K --test --pidfile PIDFILE" exit code
>        stty: enable line discipline display and change code if __linix__
>        stty: make swtch and iutf8 visible/settable
>        su: document -l in --help text. Closes 2761
>        tail: optimize "tail -c HUGENUM REGULAR_FILE". Closes 3763
>        tar: fix a bug where autodetection messes up -z on extract
>        tar: on extract, everything up to and including last ".." is stripped
>        tar: skip leading / and handle names like abc/..////def ->  def (not ///def)
>        tar: store negative mtime as 0; pack very large files using base-256 encoding
>        tar: support "-T -" and "-X -"
>        telnetd: write utmp record with correct pid
>        tftp: fix bad interaction between poll() and alarm(). Closes 3061
>        tftp: fix progress bar for large (>32M) files. Closes 3499
>        tftpd: add -l "log to syslog" option. Needed for inetd mode
>        top: better indicator of selected field in mem view
>        top: display sort indicator in memory display
>        top: make it possible to feed commands via pipe
>        top: replace %MEM with %VSZ in header text
>        traceroute: properly reduce poll timeout
>        udhcp: fix some default values from "" to NULL
>        udhcpc: allow -O OPT take numeric params
>        udhcpc: emit "correct" secs field
>        udhcpc: fix a problem with binary-encoded options
>        udhcpd: reply with NAK to clients in INIT-REBOOT state w/o existing lease
>        udhcpd: smaller code: do not look for REQUESTED_IP twice
>        uptime: more compatible output
>        wc: fix swapped -c and -m
>        wget: check for final write errors for -O FILE too
>        wget: chunked mode fix. Closes 3229
>        wget: correctly handle rare case when we get EAGAIN _on first_ read
>        wget: display 100% at the _end_ of chunked download
>        wget: fix fname_out usage wrt redirects
>        wget: make "wget -O FILE URL1 URL2" concatenate output
>        wget: remove functions which retry on EINTR
>        wget: support multiple URLs on command line
>        wget: use FEATURE_COPYBUF_KB-sized buffer. Much faster for local transfers
>        wget: use closed HTTP/1.1 connection, stop when we dl'ed $content_len bytes
>        xargs: support --no-run-if-empty (synonym to -r)
>
> Eric Lammerts:
>        runsvdir: do not miss closely spaced service dir changes
>
> Harald Becker:
>        showkey: make -a work on any stdin
>
> Ian Wienand:
>        login: apply PAM environment
>        ash: clear sa_flags always
>        tar: ignore file size (assume 0) for hardlinks
>
> James Youngman:
>        ls: remove redundant constants LIST_FILENAME and LIST_SHORT
>
> Joachim Nilsson:
>        ping: add -t TTL option
>        build system: fix "make install" to skip /usr when configured so
>
> Keith Young:
>        udhcpc: add -B option
>
> Kevin Cernekee:
>        cttyhack: check sysfs for the name of the active console
>        cttyhack: fail gracefully if the device node is missing
>
> Lauri Kasanen:
>        pstree: new applet
>        df,find_mount_point: optionally don't ignore rootfs
>        modinfo: show firmware and depends fields
>        fdisk: backport disk check from util-linux
>        md5/shaNsum: make -c support a list of files
>
> Macpaul Lin:
>        scripts: fix fixdep.c to let it work in Cygwin
>
> Maksym Kryzhanovskyy:
>        iostat: code shrink ~0.5k
>        fuser: code shrink
>        iostat: code shrink
>
> Marek Be??ka:
>        setserial: new applet
>
> Nigel Hathaway:
>        udhcp: add FEATURE_UDHCP_8021Q option
>        udhcpc: export unrecognized options in "optNN=XXXXXXXXX" form
>
> Nuno Lucas:
>        fbsplash: add support for 24 and 32 bit color depth
>
> Pascal Bellard:
>        chsum: fix
>        conspy: fix lost ESC key
>
> Pere Orga:
>        whois: new applet
>        pwdx: new applet
>        move help text from include/usage.src.h to *.c files
>        wget: fix SEGV with multiple urls and redirection
>        kill: fix infinite loop when passed PIDs are not valid numbers
>        uptime: add config flag to allow displaying the number of users currently logged on
>
> Peter Korsgaard:
>        getty: wait up to 5 seconds for the output buffer to drain
>        mount: ignore unknown mount options when remounting NFS mounts
>        httpd: don't send error messages with gzip encoding
>        setconsole: open console for writing rather than reading
>
> Phil Sutter:
>        nameif: fix parsing of /proc/net/dev
>        nameif: add matching by phy_address=NUM
>
> Ralf Friedl:
>        df: more compatible -P behavior
>
> Reuben Dowle:
>        ubimkvol,ubirmvol,ubirsvol,ubiupdatevol: new applets
>
> Rob Landley:
>        patch: fix "patch at the beginning" testcase failure
>
> Roman Borisov:
>        mount: fix wrong long option names
>        mount: properly update /etc/mtab on mount --move
>        mount: rprivate option fix
>        mount: add --rbind option support
>        diff: optimize diffing of files with the same metadata
>
> Ryan Phillips:
>        login: set PAM RHOST
>
> Sergey Naumov:
>        syslogd: optional support for /etc/syslog.conf
>
> Serj Kalichev:
>        modprobe: add support for --show-depends
>        modprobe: add -D option (synonym of --show-depends)
>
> Steve Iribarne:
>        pam link error with SHARED_BUSYBOX and LIBBUSYBOX enabled
>
> Timo Teras:
>        modprobe: use hash table. speeds up significantly if modprobe.dep is large
>        parse_config: use getline. BIG speedup with glibc (~40%)
>        platform.c: provide getline implementation
>
> Tito Ragusa:
>        passwd,chpasswd: reset password in /etc/passwd to "x" if /etc/shadow was updated
>        groups: new applet
>        users: new applet
>
> Vitaly Magerya:
>        wget: --post-data=STR should not encode STR, should send it verbatim
>
> Vladislav Grishenko:
>        udhcpc: use more correct, and more importantly, more understandable BPF code
>        udhcpd: optional IP selection based on MAC hash
>
> Wade Berrier:
>        pkill/pgrep: support extended regular expressions
>
> Walter Harms:
>        vi: fix regex search, make it selectable in config
>
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How can I build a working apk out of that version to test in my phone?
I've downloaded the latest code from the git & wrote make menuconfig. 
Now what?


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