Missing binaries / build system

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On 16 April 2024 20:13:15 CEST, anatoly techtonik <techtonik at gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I want to use busybox_HTTPD as a minimal web server for serving
>static files in a container.
>
>    busybox_HTTPD           2022-01-17 18:54   97K
>
>Unfortunately, the binaries https://busybox.net/downloads/binaries/
>are only available for unstable 1.35.0
>
>I tried to see what it takes to compile it (and make it really minimal)
>for the latest stable 1.36.1 release, but my knowledge of Makefile
>compilation toolchain is insufficient for the task.
>
>If there is a description of build automation that is used to make
>binary releases, maybe I can send some patches to fix it,


To build a busybox with just one applet
 make allnoconfig
 make menuconfig
 # select the applet(s) you need
 make

./busybox will then support the selected applets.

HTH