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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> Message: 1
> 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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