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< li > < b > 21 August 2008 -- BusyBox 1.12.0 (unstable), BusyBox 1.11.2 (stable)< / b >
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< p > < a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.12.0.tar.bz2" > BusyBox 1.12.0< / a > .
(< a href = "http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/branches/busybox_1_12_stable/" > svn< / a > ,
< a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.12.0/" > patches< / a > ,
< a href = "http://busybox.net/fix.html" > how to add a patch< / a > )< / p >
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< p > < a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.11.2.tar.bz2" > BusyBox 1.11.2< / a > .
(< a href = "http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/branches/busybox_1_11_stable/" > svn< / a > ,
< a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.11.2/" > patches< / a > ,
< a href = "http://busybox.net/fix.html" > how to add a patch< / a > )< / p >
< p > Sizes of busybox-1.11.2 and busybox-1.12.0 (with equivalent config, static uclibc build):< pre >
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text data bss dec hex filename
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829687 617 7052 837356 cc6ec busybox-1.11.2/busybox
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822961 594 6832 830387 cabb3 busybox-1.12.0/busybox
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< p > New applets: rdev (Grant Erickson), setfont, showkey (both by Vladimir)
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< p > Most significant changes since previous release (please report any regression):< / p >
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< ul >
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< li > ash: bash compat: "shift $BIGNUM" is equivalent to "shift 1"< / li >
< li > ash: dont allow e.g. exec < & 10 to attach to script's fd! < / li >
< li > ash: fix a bug where redirection fds were not closed afterwards. optimize close+fcntl(DUPFD) into dup2< / li >
< li > ash: fix segfault in "command -v"< / li >
< li > ash: fix very weak $RANDOM generator< / li >
< li > ash: prevent exec NN> & - from closing fd used for script reading< / li >
< li > ash: teach ash about 123> file. It could take only 0..9 before< / li >
< li > hush: fix a case where "$@" must expand to no word at all< / li >
< li > hush: fix mishandling of a'b'c=fff as assignments. They are not< / li >
< li > hush: fix non-detection of builtins and applets in "v=break; ...; $v; ..." case< / li >
< li > hush: fix "while false; ..." exitcode; add testsuites< / li >
< li > hush: support "case...esac" statements (~350 bytes of code)< / li >
< li > hush: support "break [N]" and "continue [N]" statements< / li >
< li > hush: support "for if in do done then; do echo $if; done" case< / li >
< li > hush: support "for v; do ... done" syntax (implied 'in "$@"')< / li >
< li > hush: support $_NUMBERS variable names< / li >
< li > libbb: unified config parser (by Vladimir). This change affected many applets< / li >
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Other changes:
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< li > libbb: dump: do not use uninitialized memory (closes bug 4364)< / li >
< li > libbb: fix bb_strtol[l]'s check for "-" (closes bug 4174)< / li >
< li > libbb: fix --help to not affect "test --help"< / li >
< li > libbb: fix mishandling of "all argv are opts" in getopt32()< / li >
< li > libbb: getopt32() should not ever touch argv[0] (even read)< / li >
< li > libbb: introduce and use xrealloc_vector< / li >
< li > libbb: [x]fopen_for_{read,write} introduced and used (by Vladimir)< / li >
< li > lineedit: fix use-after-free< / li >
< li > libunarchive: refactor handling of archived files. "tar f file.tar.lzma" now works too< / li >
< li > bb_strtoXXX: close bug 4174 (potential use of buf[-1])< / li >
< li > open_transformer: don't leak file descriptor< / li >
< li > open_transformer: fix bug of calling exit instead of _exit< / li >
< li > arp: without -H type, assume "ether" (closes bug 4564)< / li >
< li > ar: reuse existing ar unpacking code< / li >
< li > awk: fix a case with multiple -f options. Simplify -f file reading. < / li >
< li > build system: introduce and use FAST_FUNC: regparm on i386, otherwise no-op< / li >
< li > bunzip2: fix an uncompression error (by Rob Landley rob AT landley.net)< / li >
< li > b[un]zip2, g[un]zip: unlink destination if -f is given (closes bug 3854)< / li >
< li > comm: almost total rewrite< / li >
< li > cpio: fix -m to actually work as expected (by Pascal Bellard)< / li >
< li > cpio: internalize archive_xread_all_eof, add a few paranoia checks for corrupted cpio files< / li >
< li > cpio: make long opts depend only on ENABLE_GETOPT_LONG< / li >
< li > cpio: on unpack, limit filename length to 8k< / li >
< li > cpio: support some long options< / li >
< li > crond: use execlp instead of execl< / li >
< li > cut: fix buffer overflow (closes bug 4544)< / li >
< li > envdir: fix "envdir" (no params at all) and "envdir dir" cases< / li >
< li > findfs: make it use setuid-ness of busybox binary< / li >
< li > fsck: use getmntent_r instead of open-coded parsing (by Vladimir)< / li >
< li > fuser: a bit of safety in scanf< / li >
< li > grep: option to use GNU regex matching instead of POSIX one. This fixes problems with NULs in files being scanned, but costs +800 bytes< / li >
< li > halt: signal init regardless of ENABLE_INIT< / li >
< li > httpd: add homedir directive specially for (and by) Walter Harms wharms AT bfs.de< / li >
< li > ifupdown: /etc/network/interfaces can have comments with leading blanks< / li >
< li > ifupdown: fixes for custom MAC address (by Wade Berrier wberrier AT gmail.com)< / li >
< li > ifupdown: fixes for shutdown of DHCP-managed interfaces (by Wade Berrier wberrier AT gmail.com)< / li >
< li > inetd: do not trash errno in signal handlers; in CHLD handler, stop looping through services when pid is found< / li >
< li > insmod: users report that "|| defined(__powerpc__)" is missing< / li >
< li > install: do not chown intermediate directories with install -d (by Natanael Copa)< / li >
< li > install: fix long option not taking params (closes bug 4584)< / li >
< li > lpd,lpr: send/receive ACKs after filenames, not only after file bodies< / li >
< li > ls: fix a bug where we may use uninintialized variable< / li >
< li > man: add handling of "man links", by Ivana Varekova varekova AT redhat.com< / li >
< li > man: fix a case when a full pathname to manpage is given< / li >
< li > man: fix inverted cat/man bool variable< / li >
< li > man: fix missed NULL termination of an array< / li >
< li > man: mimic "no manual entry for 'bogus'" message and exitcode< / li >
< li > man: support cat pages too (by Jason Curl jcurlnews AT arcor.de)< / li >
< li > man: teach it to use .lzma if requested by .config< / li >
< li > mdev: check for "/block/" substring for block dev detection< / li >
< li > mdev: do not complain if mdev.conf does not exist< / li >
< li > mdev: if device was moved at creation, at removal correctly remove it from moved location and also remove symlinks to it< / li >
< li > mdev: support for serializing hotplug< / li >
< li > mdev, init: use shared code for fd sanitization< / li >
< li > mkdir: fix "uname 0222; mkdir -p foo/bar" case (by Doug Graham dgraham AT nortel.com)< / li >
< li > modprobe: support for /etc/modprobe.d (by Timo Teras)< / li >
< li > modprobe: use buffering line reads (fgets()) instead of reads()< / li >
< li > modutils: optional modprobe-small (by Vladimir), 15kb smaller than standard one< / li >
< li > mount: support for "-o mand" and "[no]relatime"< / li >
< li > mount: support nfs mount option "nordiplus" (by Octavian Purdila opurdila AT ixiacom.com)< / li >
< li > mount: support "relatime" / "norelatime"< / li >
< li > mount: testsuite for "-o mand"< / li >
< li > msh: fix "while... continue; ..." (closes bug 3884)< / li >
< li > mv: fix a case when we move dangling symlink across mountpoints< / li >
< li > netstat: optional -p support (by L. Gabriel Somlo somlo AT cmu.edu)< / li >
< li > nmeter: fix read past the end of a buffer (closes bug 4594)< / li >
< li > od, hexdump: fix bug where xrealloc may move pointer, leaving other pointers dangling (closes bug 4104)< / li >
< li > pidof/killall: allow find_pid_by_name to find running processes started as scripts_with_name_longer_than_15_bytes.sh (closes bug 4054)< / li >
< li > printf: do not print garbage on "%Ld" (closes bug 4214)< / li >
< li > printf: fix %b, fix several bugs in %*.*, fix compat issues with aborting too early, support %zd; expand testsuite< / li >
< li > printf: protect against bogus format specifiers (closes bug 4184)< / li >
< li > sendmail: updates from Vladimir:< / li >
< li > sendmail: do not discard all headers< / li >
< li > sendmail: do not ignore CC; accept to: and cc: case-insensitively. +20 bytes< / li >
< li > sendmail: fixed mail recipient address< / li >
< li > sendmail: fixed SEGV if sender address is missed< / li >
< li > sendmail: use HOSTNAME instead of HOST when no server is explicitly specified< / li >
< li > sleep: if FANCY & & DESKTOP, support fractional seconds, minutes, hours and so on (coreutils compat)< / li >
< li > ssd: CLOSE_EXTRA_FDS in MMU case too< / li >
< li > ssd: do not stat -x EXECUTABLE, it is not needed anymore< / li >
< li > ssd: fix -a without -x case< / li >
< li > ssd: use $PATH< / li >
< li > tar: fix handling of tarballs with symlinks with size field != 0< / li >
< li > tar: handle autodetection for tiny .tar.gz files too, simplify autodetection< / li >
< li > taskset: fix some careless code in both fancy and non-fancy cases. -5 bytes for fancy, +5 for non-fancy< / li >
< li > tee: fix infinite looping on open error (echo asd | tee "")< / li >
< li > tee: "-" is a name for stdout, handle it that way< / li >
< li > telnetd: fix issue file printing< / li >
< li > test: fix parser to prefer binop over unop, as coreutils does< / li >
< li > testsuite: uniformly use $ECHO with -n -e< / li >
< li > time: don't segfault with no arguments< / li >
< li > touch: support -r REF_FILE if ENABLE_DESKTOP (needed for blackfin compile)< / li >
< li > tr: fix "access past the end of a string" bug 4354< / li >
< li > tr: fix "tr [=" case (closes bug 4374)< / li >
< li > tr: fix yet another access past the end of a string (closes bug 4374)< / li >
< li > unlzma: fix memory leak (by Pascal Bellard)< / li >
< li > vi: fix reversed checks for underflow< / li >
< li > vi: using array data after it fell out of scope is stupid< / li >
< li > xargs: fix -e default to match newer GNU xargs, add SUS mandated -E (closes bug 4414)< / li >
< li > other fixes and code size reductions in many applets< / li >
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< p >
The email address gpl@busybox.net is the recommended way to contact
the Software Freedom Law Center to report BusyBox license violations.
< / p >
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< li > < b > 12 July 2008 -- BusyBox 1.11.1 (stable)< / b >
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< p > < a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.11.1.tar.bz2" > BusyBox 1.11.1< / a > .
(< a href = "http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/branches/busybox_1_11_stable/" > svn< / a > ,
< a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.11.1/" > patches< / a > ,
< a href = "http://busybox.net/fix.html" > how to add a patch< / a > )< / p >
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< p >
Bugfix-only release for 1.11.x branch. It contains fixes for awk,
bunzip2, cpio, ifupdown, ip, man, start-stop-daemon, uname and vi.
< / p >
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< / li >
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< li > < b > 11 July 2008 -- HOWTO is updated< / b >
< p >
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< a href = "http://busybox.net/~vda/HOWTO/i486-linux-uclibc/HOWTO.txt" >
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"How to build static busybox for i486-linux-uclibc"< / a > is updated
and tested on a fresh Fedora 9 install. Please report if it doesn't
work for you.
< / p >
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< li > < b > 25 June 2008 -- BusyBox 1.11.0 (unstable), BusyBox 1.10.4 (stable)< / b >
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< p > < a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.11.0.tar.bz2" > BusyBox 1.11.0< / a > .
(< a href = "http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/branches/busybox_1_11_stable/" > svn< / a > ,
< a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.11.0/" > patches< / a > ,
< a href = "http://busybox.net/fix.html" > how to add a patch< / a > )< / p >
< p > < a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.10.4.tar.bz2" > BusyBox 1.10.4< / a > .
(< a href = "http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/branches/busybox_1_10_stable/" > svn< / a > ,
< a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.10.4/" > patches< / a > ,
< a href = "http://busybox.net/fix.html" > how to add a patch< / a > )< / p >
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< p > Sizes of busybox-1.10.4 and busybox-1.11.0 (with equivalent config, static uclibc build):< pre >
text data bss dec hex filename
800675 636 7080 808391 c55c7 busybox-1.10.4
798392 611 6900 805903 c4c0f busybox-1.11.0
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< p > New applets: inotify (Vladimir Dronnikov), man (Ivana Varekova),
fbsplash (Michele Sanges), depmod (Bernhard Fischer)
< p > Changes since previous release:
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< li > build system: reinstate CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE_PREFIX< / li >
< li > ash: optional bash compatibility features added; other fixes< / li >
< li > hush: lots and lots of fixes< / li >
< li > msh: fix the case where the file has exec bit but can't be run directly (runs "$SHELL file" instead)< / li >
< li > msh: fix exit codes when command is not found or can't be execed< / li >
< li > udhcpc: added workaround for buggy kernels< / li >
< li > mount: fix mishandling of proto=tcp/udp< / li >
< li > diff: make it work on non-seekable streams< / li >
< li > openvt: made more compatible with "standard" one< / li >
< li > mdev: fix block/char device detection< / li >
< li > ping: add -w, -W support (James Simmons)< / li >
< li > crond: add handling of "MAILTO=user" lines< / li >
< li > start-stop-daemon: make --exec follow symlinks (Joakim Tjernlund)< / li >
< li > date: make it accept ISO date format< / li >
< li > echo: fix echo -e -n "msg\n\0" (David Pinedo)< / li >
< li > httpd: fix several bugs triggered by relative path in -h DIR< / li >
< li > printf: fix printf -%s- foo, printf -- -%s- foo< / li >
< li > syslogd: do not error out on missing files to rotate< / li >
< li > ls: support Unicode in names< / li >
< li > ip: support for the LOWER_UP flag (Natanael Copa)< / li >
< li > mktemp: make argument optional (coreutil 6.12 compat)< / li >
< li > libiproute: fix option parsing, so that "ip -o link" works again< / li >
< li > other fixes and code size reductions in many applets< / li >
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< p >
The email address gpl@busybox.net is the recommended way to contact
the Software Freedom Law Center to report BusyBox license violations.
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< / p >
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< / li >
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< li > < b > 12 June 2008 -- Sponsors!< / b >
< p > We want to thank the following companies which are providing support
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for the BusyBox project:
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< / p >
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< li > AOE media, a < a href = "http://www.aoemedia.com/typo3-development.html" >
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TYPO3 development agency< / a > contributes financially.< / li >
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< li > < a href = "http://www.analog.com/en/" > Analog Devices, Inc.< / a > provided
a < a href = "http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=bf537_quick_start" >
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Blackfin development board< / a > free of charge.
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< a href = "http://www.analog.com/blackfin" > Blackfin< / a >
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is a NOMMU processor, and its availability for testing is invaluable.
If you are an embedded device developer,
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please note that Analog Devices has entire Linux distribution available
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for download for this board. Visit
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< a href = "http://blackfin.uclinux.org/" > http://blackfin.uclinux.org/< / a >
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for more information.
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< / li >
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< li > < b > 5 June 2008 -- BusyBox 1.10.3 (stable)< / b >
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< p > < a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.10.3.tar.bz2" > BusyBox 1.10.3< / a > .
(< a href = "http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/branches/busybox_1_10_stable/" > svn< / a > ,
< a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.10.3/" > patches< / a > ,
< a href = "http://busybox.net/fix.html" > how to add a patch< / a > )< / p >
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< p >
Bugfix-only release for 1.10.x branch. It contains fixes for dnsd, fuser, hush,
ip, mdev and syslogd.
< / p >
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< / li >
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< li > < b > 8 May 2008 -- BusyBox 1.10.2 (stable)< / b >
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< p > < a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.10.2.tar.bz2" > BusyBox 1.10.2< / a > .
(< a href = "http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/branches/busybox_1_10_stable/" > svn< / a > ,
< a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.10.2/" > patches< / a > ,
< a href = "http://busybox.net/fix.html" > how to add a patch< / a > )< / p >
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< p >
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Bugfix-only release for 1.10.x branch. It contains fixes for echo, httpd, pidof,
start-stop-daemon, tar, taskset, tab completion in shells, build system.
< p > Please note that mdev was backported from current svn trunk. Please
report if you encounter any problems with it.
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< / p >
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< / li >
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< li > < b > 19 April 2008 -- BusyBox 1.10.1 (stable)< / b >
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< p > < a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.10.1.tar.bz2" > BusyBox 1.10.1< / a > .
(< a href = "http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/branches/busybox_1_10_stable/" > svn< / a > ,
< a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.10.1/" > patches< / a > ,
< a href = "http://busybox.net/fix.html" > how to add a patch< / a > )< / p >
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< p >
Bugfix-only release for 1.10.x branch. It contains fixes for
fuser, init, less, nameif, tail, taskset, tcpudp, top, udhcp.
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< / li >
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< li > < b > 21 March 2008 -- BusyBox 1.10.0 (unstable)< / b >
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< p > < a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.10.0.tar.bz2" > BusyBox 1.10.0< / a > .
(< a href = "http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/branches/busybox_1_10_stable/" > svn< / a > ,
< a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.10.0/" > patches< / a > ,
< a href = "http://busybox.net/fix.html" > how to add a patch< / a > )< / p >
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< p > Sizes of busybox-1.9.2 and busybox-1.10.0 (with almost full config, static uclibc build):< pre >
text data bss dec hex filename
781405 679 7500 789584 c0c50 busybox-1.9.2
773551 640 7372 781563 becfb busybox-1.10.0
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< p > Top 10 stack users:< pre >
busybox-1.9.2: busybox-1.10.0:
echo_dg 4116 bb_full_fd_action 4112
bb_full_fd_action 4112 find_list_entry2 4096
discard_dg 4108 readlink_main 4096
discard_dg 4096 ipaddr_list_or_flush 3900
echo_stream 4096 iproute_list_or_flush 3680
discard_stream 4096 insmod_main 3152
find_list_entry2 4096 fallbackSort 2952
readlink_main 4096 do_iproute 2492
ipaddr_list_or_flush 3900 cal_main 2464
iproute_list_or_flush 3680 readhere 2308
< / pre >
< p > New applets: brctl, chat (by Vladimir Dronnikov < dronnikov AT gmail.com> ),
findfs, ifenslave (closes bug 115), lpd (by Vladimir Dronnikov < dronnikov AT gmail.com> ),
lpr+lpq (by Walter Harms), script (by Pascal Bellard < pascal.bellard AT ads-lu.com> ),
sendmail (Vladimir Dronnikov < dronnikov AT gmail.com> ), tac, tftpd.
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< / p >
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< p > Made NOMMU-compatible: crond, crontab, ifupdown, inetd, init, runsv, svlogd, tcpsvd, udpsvd.
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< / p >
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< p > Changes since previous release:
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< li > globally: add -Wunused-parameter< / li >
< li > globally: add optimization barrier to all "G trick" locations< / li >
< li > adduser/addgroup: check username for invalid chars (by Tito < farmatito AT tiscali.it> )< / li >
< li > adduser: optional support for long options. Closes bug 2134< / li >
< li > ash: handle "A=1 A=2 B=$A; echo $B". Closes bug 947< / li >
< li > ash: make ash -c "if set -o barfoo 2> /dev/null; then echo foo; else echo bar; fi" work. Closes bug 1142< / li >
< li > build system: don't use "gcc -o /dev/null", old gcc can delete /dev/null in this case< / li >
< li > build system: fixes for cross-compiling on an OS X host< / li >
< li > build system: make it do without "od -t"< / li >
< li > build system: pass CFLAGS to link stage too. Closes bug 1376< / li >
< li > build system: add CONFIG_NOMMU< / li >
< li > cp: add ENABLE_FEATURE_VERBOSE_CP_MESSAGE. Closes bug 1470< / li >
< li > crontab: almost complete rewrite< / li >
< li > dnsd: properly set _src_ IP:port on outgoing UDP packets< / li >
< li > dpkg: fix bug where existence check was reversed< / li >
< li > eject: add -s for SCSI- and USB-devices (Nico Erfurth)< / li >
< li > fdisk: fix a case where break was reached only for DOS labels< / li >
< li > fsck: don't kill pid -1! (Roy Marples < roy at marples.name> )< / li >
< li > fsck_minix: fix bug in map_block2: s/(blknr > = 256 * 256)/(blknr < 256 * 256)/< / li >
< li > fuser: substantial rewrite< / li >
< li > getopt: add support for "a+" specifier for nonnegative int parameters. By Vladimir Dronnikov < dronnikov at gmail.com> < / li >
< li > getty: don't try to detect parity on local lines (Joakim Tjernlund < Joakim.Tjernlund at transmode.se> )< / li >
< li > halt: write wtmp entry if wtmp support is enabled< / li >
< li > httpd: "HEAD" support. Closes bug 1530< / li >
< li > httpd: fix bug 2004: wrong argv when interpreter is invoked< / li >
< li > httpd: fix bug where we did chdir("") if CGI path had only one "/"< / li >
< li > httpd: fix for POST upload< / li >
< li > httpd: support for "I:index.xml" syntax (Peter Korsgaard < jacmet AT uclibc.org> )< / li >
< li > hush: fix a case where none of pipe members could be started because of fork failure< / li >
< li > hush: more correct handling of piping< / li >
< li > hush: reinstate `cmd` handling for NOMMU< / li >
< li > hush: report [v]fork failures< / li >
< li > hush: set CLOEXEC on script file being executed< / li >
< li > hush: try to add a bit more of vfork-friendliness< / li >
< li > inetd: make "udp nowait" work< / li >
< li > inetd: make inetd IPv6-capable< / li >
< li > init: add FEATURE_KILL_REMOVED (Eugene Bordenkircher < eugebo AT gmail.com> )< / li >
< li > init: allow last line of config file to be not terminated by "\n"< / li >
< li > init: do not die if "/dev/null" is missing< / li >
< li > init: fix bug 1111: restart actions were not splitting words< / li >
< li > init: wait for orphaned children too while waiting for sysinit-like processes (harald-tuxbox AT arcor.de)< / li >
< li > ip route: "ip route" was misbehaving (extra argv+1 ate 1st env var)< / li >
< li > last: do not go into endless loop on read error< / li >
< li > less,klogd,syslogd,nc,tcpudp: exit on signal by killing itself, not exit(1)< / li >
< li > less: "examine" command will not bomb out on bad file name now< / li >
< li > less: fix bug where backspace wasn't actually deleting chars< / li >
< li > less: make it a bit more resistant against status line corruption< / li >
< li > less: improve search when data is not supplied fast enough by stdin - now will try reading for 1-2 seconds before declaring that there is no match. This fixes a very common annoyance with long manpages< / li >
< li > less: update line input so that it doesn't interfere with screen update. Makes "man bash", [enter], [/], < enter search pattern> , [enter] more usable - manpage now draws even as you enter the pattern!< / li >
< li > libbb: filename completion matches dangling symlinks too< / li >
< li > libbb: fix getopt state corruption for NOFORK applets< / li >
< li > libbb: full_read/write now will report partial data counts prior to error< / li >
< li > libbb: intrduce and use safe_gethostname. By Tito < farmatito AT tiscali.it> < / li >
< li > libbb: introduce and use nonblock_safe_read(). Yay! Our shells are immune from this nasty O_NONBLOCK now!< / li >
< li > login,su: avoid clearing environment with some options, as was intended< / li >
< li > microcom: read more than 1 byte from device, if possible< / li >
< li > microcom: split -d (delay) option away from -t< / li >
< li > mktemp: support -p DIR (Timo Teras < timo.teras at iki.fi> )< / li >
< li > mount: #ifdef out MOUNT_LABEL code parts if it is not selected< / li >
< li > mount: add another mount helper call method< / li >
< li > mount: allow and ignore _netdev option< / li >
< li > mount: make -f work even without mtab support (Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn < cristian.ionescu-idbohrn at axis.com> )< / li >
< li > mount: optional support for -vv verbosity< / li >
< li > mount: plug a hole where FEATURE_MOUNT_HELPERS could allow execution of arbitrary command< / li >
< li > mount: recognize "dirsync" (closes bug 835)< / li >
< li > mount: sanitize environment if called by non-root< / li >
< li > mount: support for mount by label. Closes bug 1143< / li >
< li > mount: with -vv -f, say what mount() calls we were going to make< / li >
< li > msh: create testsuite (based on hush one)< / li >
< li > msh: don't use floating point in "times" builtin< / li >
< li > msh: fix Ctrl-C handling with line editing< / li >
< li > msh: fix for bug 846 ("break" didn't work second time)< / li >
< li > msh: glob0/glob1/glob2/glob3 were just a sorting routine, removed< / li >
< li > msh: instead of fixing "ls | cd", "cd | ls" etc disallow builtins in pipes. They make no sense there anyway< / li >
< li > msh: stop trying to parse variables in "msh SCRIPT VAR=val param". They are passed as ordinary parameters< / li >
< li > netstat: print control chars as "^C" etc< / li >
< li > nmeter: fix bug where %[mf] behaves as %[mt]< / li >
< li > nohup: compat patch by Christoph Gysin < mailinglist.cache at gmail.com> < / li >
< li > od: handle /proc files (which have filesize 0) correctly< / li >
< li > patch: don't trash permissions of patched file< / li >
< li > ps: add conditional support for -o [e]time< / li >
< li > ps: fix COMMAND column adjustment; overflow in USER and VSZ columns< / li >
< li > reset: call "stty sane". Closes bug 1414< / li >
< li > rmdir: optional long options support for Debian users. By Roberto Gordo Saez < roberto.gordo AT gmail.com> < / li >
< li > run-parts: add --reverse< / li >
< li > script: correctly handle buffered "tail" of output< / li >
< li > sed: "n" command must reset "we had successful subst" flag. Closes bug 1214< / li >
< li > sort: -z outputs NUL terminated lines. Closes bug 1591< / li >
< li > stty: fix mishandling of control keywords (Ralf Friedl < Ralf.Friedl AT online.de> )< / li >
< li > switch_root: stop at first non-option. Closes bug 1425< / li >
< li > syslogd: avoid excessive time() system calls< / li >
< li > syslogd: don't die if remote host's IP cannot be resolved. Retry resolutions every two minutes instead< / li >
< li > syslogd: fix shmat error check< / li >
< li > syslogd: optional support for dropping dups. Closes bug 436< / li >
< li > syslogd: send "\n"-terminated messages over the network. Fully closes bug 1574< / li >
< li > syslogd: tighten up hostname handling< / li >
< li > tail: fix "tail -c 20 /dev/huge_disk" (was taking ages)< / li >
< li > tar: compat: handle tarballs with only one zero block at the end< / li >
< li > tar: autodetection of gz/bz2 compressed tarballs. Closes bug 992< / li >
< li > tar: real support for -p. By Natanael Copa < natanael.copa at gmail.com> < / li >
< li > tcpudp: narrow down time window where we have no wildcard socket< / li >
< li > telnetd: use login always, not "sometimes login, sometimes shell"< / li >
< li > test: fix mishandling of "test ! arg1 op arg2 more args"< / li >
< li > trylink: instead of build error, disable --gc-sections if GLIBC and STATIC are selected< / li >
< li > udhcp: make file paths configurable< / li >
< li > udhcp: optional support for non-standard DHCP ports< / li >
< li > udhcp: set correct op byte in the packet for DHCPDECLINE< / li >
< li > udhcpc: filter unwanted packets in kernel (Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn < cristian.ionescu-idbohrn AT axis.com> )< / li >
< li > udhcpc: fix wrong options in decline and release packets (Jonas Danielsson < jonas.danielsson AT axis.com> )< / li >
< li > umount: do not complain several times about the same mountpoint< / li >
< li > umount: do not try to free loop device or erase mtab if remounted ro< / li >
< li > umount: instead of non-standard -D, use -d with opposite meaning. Closes bug 1604< / li >
< li > unlzma: shrink by Pascal Bellard < pascal.bellard AT ads-lu.com> < / li >
< li > unzip: do not try to read entire compressed stream at once (it can be huge)< / li >
< li > unzip: handle short reads correctly< / li >
< li > vi: many fixes< / li >
< li > zcip: don't chdir to root< / li >
< li > zcip: open ARP socket before openlog (else we can trash syslog socket)< / li >
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< li > < b > 21 March 2008 -- BusyBox old stable releases< / b >
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Bugfix-only releases for four past branches. Links to locations
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for future hot patches are in parentheses.
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< a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.9.2.tar.bz2" > 1.9.2< / a >
(< a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.9.2/" > patches< / a > ),
< a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.8.3.tar.bz2" > 1.8.3< / a >
(< a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.8.3/" > patches< / a > ),
< a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.7.5.tar.bz2" > 1.7.5< / a >
(< a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.7.5/" > patches< / a > ),
< a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.5.2.tar.bz2" > 1.5.2< / a >
(< a href = "http://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.5.2/" > patches< / a > ).
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< a href = "http://busybox.net/fix.html" > How to add a patch.< / a >
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