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authorDenys Vlasenko2010-10-12 04:18:05 +0200
committerDenys Vlasenko2010-10-12 04:18:05 +0200
commitd4d289acf5eb59ebae414f9aae8a74de30dce36a (patch)
tree7a7c261ce263eeb15d152a904936d55c41858b5e
parentb1993380ba4a89062a08b2b6c579158aa667759e (diff)
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tweaks to build system, mainly making menuconfig text and order clearer
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
-rw-r--r--Config.in61
-rw-r--r--include/applets.src.h5
-rw-r--r--include/busybox.h7
-rw-r--r--libbb/appletlib.c8
-rw-r--r--miscutils/Config.src1
-rw-r--r--networking/Config.src2
6 files changed, 46 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index 828b304..d9c8231 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -123,6 +123,14 @@ config FEATURE_INSTALLER
busybox at runtime to create hard links or symlinks for all the
applets that are compiled into busybox.
+config INSTALL_NO_USR
+ bool "Don't use /usr"
+ default n
+ depends on FEATURE_INSTALLER
+ help
+ Disable use of /usr. busybox --install will install applets
+ only to /bin and /sbin, never to /usr/bin or /usr/sbin.
+
config LOCALE_SUPPORT
bool "Enable locale support (system needs locale for this to work)"
default n
@@ -275,15 +283,6 @@ config FEATURE_CLEAN_UP
Don't enable this unless you have a really good reason to clean
things up manually.
-config FEATURE_UTMP
- bool "Support utmp file"
- default y
- help
- The file /var/run/utmp is used to track who is currently logged in.
- With this option on, certain applets (getty, login, telnetd etc)
- will create and delete entries there.
- "who" applet requires this option.
-
config FEATURE_WTMP
bool "Support wtmp file"
default y
@@ -295,6 +294,15 @@ config FEATURE_WTMP
will append new entries there.
"last" applet requires this option.
+config FEATURE_UTMP
+ bool "Support utmp file"
+ default y
+ help
+ The file /var/run/utmp is used to track who is currently logged in.
+ With this option on, certain applets (getty, login, telnetd etc)
+ will create and delete entries there.
+ "who" applet requires this option.
+
config FEATURE_PIDFILE
bool "Support writing pidfiles"
default y
@@ -307,14 +315,19 @@ config FEATURE_SUID
default y
help
With this option you can install the busybox binary belonging
- to root with the suid bit set, and it will automatically drop
- priviledges for applets that don't need root access.
+ to root with the suid bit set, enabling some applets to perform
+ root-level operations even when run by ordinary users
+ (for example, mounting of user mounts in fstab needs this).
+
+ Busybox will automatically drop priviledges for applets
+ that don't need root access.
If you are really paranoid and don't want to do this, build two
busybox binaries with different applets in them (and the appropriate
symlinks pointing to each binary), and only set the suid bit on the
- one that needs it. The applets currently marked to need the suid bit
- are:
+ one that needs it.
+
+ The applets currently marked to need the suid bit are:
crontab, dnsd, findfs, ipcrm, ipcs, login, passwd, ping, su,
traceroute, vlock.
@@ -651,20 +664,13 @@ endchoice
endmenu
-menu 'Installation Options'
-
-config INSTALL_NO_USR
- bool "Don't use /usr"
- default n
- help
- Disable use of /usr. Don't activate this option if you don't know
- that you really want this behaviour.
+menu 'Installation Options ("make install" behavior)'
choice
- prompt "Applets links"
+ prompt "What kind of applet links to install"
default INSTALL_APPLET_SYMLINKS
help
- Choose how you install applets links.
+ Choose what kind of links to applets are created by "make install".
config INSTALL_APPLET_SYMLINKS
bool "as soft-links"
@@ -688,8 +694,9 @@ config INSTALL_APPLET_DONT
bool "not installed"
depends on FEATURE_INSTALLER || FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE || FEATURE_PREFER_APPLETS
help
- Do not install applet links. Useful when using the -install feature
- or a standalone shell for rescue purposes.
+ Do not install applet links. Useful when you plan to use
+ busybox --install for installing links, or plan to use
+ a standalone shell and thus don't need applet links.
endchoice
@@ -713,8 +720,8 @@ config INSTALL_SH_APPLET_HARDLINK
config INSTALL_SH_APPLET_SCRIPT_WRAPPER
bool "as script wrapper"
help
- Install /bin/sh applet as script wrapper that call the busybox
- binary.
+ Install /bin/sh applet as script wrapper that calls
+ the busybox binary.
endchoice
diff --git a/include/applets.src.h b/include/applets.src.h
index d2b1d19..6a14a65 100644
--- a/include/applets.src.h
+++ b/include/applets.src.h
@@ -56,11 +56,6 @@ s - suid type:
# define APPLET_NOFORK(name,main,l,s,name2) { #name, #main, l, s, 1, 1 },
#endif
-#if ENABLE_INSTALL_NO_USR
-# define _BB_DIR_USR_BIN _BB_DIR_BIN
-# define _BB_DIR_USR_SBIN _BB_DIR_SBIN
-#endif
-
INSERT
IF_TEST(APPLET_NOFORK([, test, _BB_DIR_USR_BIN, _BB_SUID_DROP, test))
diff --git a/include/busybox.h b/include/busybox.h
index 76415dd..757317f 100644
--- a/include/busybox.h
+++ b/include/busybox.h
@@ -16,8 +16,13 @@ typedef enum bb_install_loc_t {
_BB_DIR_ROOT = 0,
_BB_DIR_BIN,
_BB_DIR_SBIN,
+#if ENABLE_INSTALL_NO_USR
+ _BB_DIR_USR_BIN = _BB_DIR_BIN,
+ _BB_DIR_USR_SBIN = _BB_DIR_SBIN,
+#else
_BB_DIR_USR_BIN,
- _BB_DIR_USR_SBIN
+ _BB_DIR_USR_SBIN,
+#endif
} bb_install_loc_t;
typedef enum bb_suid_t {
diff --git a/libbb/appletlib.c b/libbb/appletlib.c
index 7326f4f..b32ff88 100644
--- a/libbb/appletlib.c
+++ b/libbb/appletlib.c
@@ -592,9 +592,11 @@ static const char usr_sbin[] ALIGN1 = "/usr/sbin/";
static const char *const install_dir[] = {
&usr_bin [8], /* "/" */
&usr_bin [4], /* "/bin/" */
- &usr_sbin[4], /* "/sbin/" */
- usr_bin,
- usr_sbin
+ &usr_sbin[4] /* "/sbin/" */
+# if !ENABLE_INSTALL_NO_USR
+ ,usr_bin
+ ,usr_sbin
+# endif
};
diff --git a/miscutils/Config.src b/miscutils/Config.src
index 151f61b..4912daf 100644
--- a/miscutils/Config.src
+++ b/miscutils/Config.src
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ config CHRT
config CROND
bool "crond"
default y
- select FEATURE_SUID
select FEATURE_SYSLOG
help
Crond is a background daemon that parses individual crontab
diff --git a/networking/Config.src b/networking/Config.src
index 9fc122b..6dd7df7 100644
--- a/networking/Config.src
+++ b/networking/Config.src
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ config TELNETD
mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts
- You need to be sure that Busybox has LOGIN and
+ You need to be sure that busybox has LOGIN and
FEATURE_SUID enabled. And finally, you should make
certain that Busybox has been installed setuid root: