busybox Digest, Vol 73, Issue 13
Tito
farmatito at tiscali.it
Sat Aug 13 19:56:56 UTC 2011
On Saturday 13 August 2011 21:39:36 Kristoffer Grundström wrote:
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> > 1. 1.19.0 is released (Denys Vlasenko)
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> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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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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http://mobisocial.stanford.edu/news/2011/02/compile-busybox-on-android-os/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-631818.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-706372.html
https://hvera.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/compiling-busybox-to-android-arm/
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