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authorDenis Vlasenko2008-06-25 15:58:00 +0000
committerDenis Vlasenko2008-06-25 15:58:00 +0000
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Announce 1.10.4 and 1.11.0
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<ul>
+ <li><b>25 June 2008 -- BusyBox 1.11.0 (unstable), BusyBox 1.10.4 (stable)</b>
+ <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>
+ <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
+</pre>
+
+ <p>New applets: inotify (Vladimir Dronnikov), man (Ivana Varekova),
+ fbsplash (Michele Sanges), depmod (Bernhard Fischer)
+
+ <p>Changes since previous release:
+ <ul>
+ <li>build system: reinstate CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE_PREFIX
+ <li>ash: optional bash compatibility features added; other fixes
+ <li>hush: lots and lots of fixes
+ <li>msh: fix the case where the file has exec bit but can't be run directly (run "$SHELL $file" instead)
+ <li>msh: fix exit codes when command is not found or can't be execed
+ <li>udhcpc: added workaround for buggy kernels
+ <li>mount: fix mishandling of proto=tcp/udp
+ <li>diff: make it work on non-seekable streams
+ <li>openvt: made more compatible with "standard" one
+ <li>mdev: fix block/char device detection
+ <li>ping: add -w, -W support (James Simmons)
+ <li>crond: add handling of "MAILTO=user" lines
+ <li>start-stop-daemon: make --exec follow symlinks (Joakim Tjernlund)
+ <li>date: make it accept ISO date format
+ <li>echo: fix echo -e -n "msg\n\0" (David Pinedo)
+ <li>httpd: fix several bugs triggered by realtive path in -h DIR
+ <li>printf: fix printf -%s- foo, printf -- -%s- foo
+ <li>syslogd: do not error out on missing files to rotate
+ <li>ls: support Unicode in names
+ <li>ip: support for the LOWER_UP flag (Natanael Copa)
+ <li>mktemp: make argument optional (coreutil 6.12 compat)
+ <li>libiproute: fix option parsing, so that "ip -o link" works again
+ <li>other fixes and code size reductions in many applets
+ </ul>
+ </p>
+
<li><b>12 June 2008 -- Sponsors!</b>
<p>We want to thank the following companies which are providing support
for BusyBox project:
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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>
- <a href=http://busybox.net/~vda/HOWTO/i486-linux-uclibc/HOWTO.txt>
- How to build static busybox for i486-linux-uclibc</a>
- <p>
- The email address gpl@busybox.net is the recommended way to contact
- the Software Freedom Law Center to report BusyBox license violations.
</p>
<li><b>8 May 2008 -- BusyBox 1.10.2 (stable)</b>