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@@ -1,7 +1,81 @@ +0.31 + * I added a changelog for version 0.30. + * adjusted find internals to make it smaller, and removed + some redundancy. + * Fixed a segfault in ps when /etc/passwd or /etc/group + are absent. Now will warn you and carry on. + * Added in optional _real_ regular expression support (to be + the basis for a future sed utility). When compiled in, + adds 3.9k. + + 0.30 Major changes -- lots of stuff rewritten. Many thanks to Lineo for paying me to make these updates. If you have any problems with busybox, - or notice any bugs -- please let me know so I can fix it. + or notice any bugs -- please let me know so I can fix it. These + changes include: + + Core Changes: + * busybox can now invoke apps in two ways: via symlinks to the + busybox binary, and as 'busybox [function] [arguments]...' + * When invoked as busybox, the list of currently compiled in + functions is printed out (no this is not bloat -- the list + has to be there anyway to map invocation name to function). + * busybox no longer parses command lines for apps or displays their + usage info. Each app gets to handle (or not handle) this for + itself. + * Eliminated monadic, dyadic, descend, block_device, and + postprocess. It was cumbersome to have so many programs + cobbled together in this way. Without them, the app is much + more granular. + * All shared code now lives in utility.c, and is properly + ifdef'ed to be only included for those apps requiring it. + * Eliminated struct FileInfo (the basis of monadic, dyadic, etc) + so now each app has the function prototype of (da-dum): + extern int foo_main(int argc, char** argv); + which speeds integration of new apps. + * Adjusted the Makefile to make it easier to + {en|dis}able debugging. + * Changed default compiler optimization to -Os + (optimize for smaller binaries). + + App Changes: + * To cope with the new app function prototype and the removal of + monadic, dyadic, etc, the following apps were re-written: + * cat - Works same as always. + * chgrp, chmod, chown - rewrite. Combined into a single + source file. Absorbed patches from Enrique Zanardi <ezanard@debian.org> + that removes the dependency on libc6 libnss* libraries. + * cp - Can now do 'cp -a' can can copy devices, + pipes, symlinks, as well as recursive or non-recursive dir copies. + * fdflush - adjusted to remove dependancy on struct FileInfo. + * find - Now includes some basic regexp matching + which will be the basic of a future mini-sed. + * ln - Same functionality. + * mkdir - Added -p flag to feature set. + * mv - rewrite. + * rm - Added -f flag to feature set. + * rmdir - Same functionality. + * swapon, swapoff - Combined into a single binary. No longer + uses /etc/swaps. swap{on|off} -a uses /etc/fstab instead. + * touch - Same functionality. + * date - adjusted with a patch from Matthew Grant <grantma@anathoth.gen.nz> + to accomodate glibc timezone support. I then ripped out GNU getopt. + * mkswap -- new version merged from util-linux. Can now make >128Meg swaps. + * Replaced the old and star, unstar, and tarcat with the tar + implementation from sash. Now tar behaves as god intended + it to (i.e. tar -xvf <file> and tar -cf <file> <dir> work). + * dd -- rewritten. Can with with files, stdin, stdout. + * Added the following new apps: + * loadfont -- added from debian boot floppies + * chroot -- added based on a patch from Paolo Molaro <lupus@lettere.unipd.it> + * grep -- I just wrote it. Only matches simple strings + * ps -- I just wrote it. Has _no_ options at all, but works. + * fsck_minix, mkfs_minix -- added from util-linux, but I ripped out + internationalization and such to make them smaller. + * sfdisk -- Added from util-linux (minus internationalization and such). + * Probably some other changes that I forgot to document... + -Erik Andersen 0.28 |