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@@ -8,7 +8,16 @@ around to it some time. If you have any good ideas, please let me know. * We _were_ going to split networking apps into a new package called netkit-tiny. Per discussions on the mailing list, this isn't going - to happen. False alarm. Sorry about the confusion. + to happen. False alarm. Sorry about the confusion. + +* The busybox shell, lash, is really too weak for serious use, although it is + possible to run simple systems with it. BusyBox 0.49 was supposed to have + a new shell, updated to understand full Bourne grammer. Well, that simply + didn't happen in time for the release. A rewrite is in progress that will + result in a new shell that understands the full Bourne grammar. This new + shell is being championed by Larry Doolittle <ldoolitt@recycle.lbl.gov>, and + could use your help. Please see the work in progress at + http://doolittle.faludi.com/~larry/parser.html -Erik @@ -22,12 +31,6 @@ Possible apps to include some time: ----------------------- -The Busybox lash shell needs to be taught Bourne shell grammer. This -is planned for the next release of Busybox. Look out ash, we are coming -for you... - ------------------------ - Running the following: rm -f busybox && make LDFLAGS+=-nostdlib 2>&1 | \ @@ -40,23 +43,6 @@ libraries such as uClibc. ----------------------- -Currently, busybox bypasses libc NSS. Some folks might want that, -so perhaps adding in the option to choose whether to go to libc for -things like getpwnam() or whether to use the busybox version might -be nice. - ------------------------ - -Most wanted list: - - [andersen@slag busybox]$ grep -l getgroups *.[ch] - test.c - -Policy violation. getgroups uses libc nss, which is unlikely -to be present in an embedded system. - ------------------------ - Compile with debugging on, run 'nm --size-sort ./busybox' and then start with the biggest things and make them smaller... |