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In particular, loading and unloading of - kernel modules with 2.6.x kernels should be working much better. - <p> - - I <b>really</b> want to get BusyBox 1.0.0 released soon and I see no real - reason why the 1.0.0 release shouldn't happen with things pretty much as - is. BusyBox is in good shape at the moment, and it works nicely for - everything that I'm doing with it. And from the reports I've been getting, - it works nicely for what most everyone else is doing with it as well. - There will eventually be a 1.0.1 anyway, so we might as well get on with - it. No, BusyBox is not perfect. No piece of software ever is. And while - there is still plenty that can be done to improve things, most of that work - is waiting till we can get a solid 1.0.0 release out the door.... - <p> - - Please do not bother to send in patches adding cool new features at this - time. Only bug-fix patches will be accepted. If you have submitted a - bug-fixing patch to the busybox mailing list and no one has emailed you - explaining why your patch was rejected, it is safe to say that your patch - has been lost or forgotten. That happens sometimes. Please re-submit your - bug-fixing patch to the BusyBox mailing list, and be sure to put "[PATCH]" - at the beginning of the email subject line! - - <p> - The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all the details. - And as usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. - - <p>Have Fun! - - <p> - On a less happy note, My 92 year old grandmother (my dad's mom) passed away - yesterday (June 19th). The funeral will be Thursday in a little town about - 2 hours south of my home. I've checked and there is absolutely no way I - could be back in time for the funeral if I attend <a - href="http://www.linuxsymposium.org/2004/">OLS</a> and give my presentation - as scheduled. - <p> - As such, it is with great reluctance and sadness that I have come - to the conclusion I will have to make my appologies and skip OLS - this year. - <p> - - - <p> - <li><b>13 April 2004 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre10 released</b><p> - - Ok, I lied. It turns out that -pre9 will not be the final BusyBox - pre-release. With any luck however -pre10 will be, since I <b>really</b> - want to get BusyBox 1.0.0 released very soon. As usual, please do not - bother to send in patches adding cool new features at this time. Only - bug-fix patches will be accepted. It would also be <b>very</b> helpful if - people could continue to review the BusyBox documentation and submit - improvements. - - <p> - The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all the details. - And as usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. - - <p>Have Fun! - <p> - - - <p> - <li><b>6 April 2004 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre9 released</b><p> - - Here goes the final BusyBox pre-release... This is your last chance for - bug fixes. With luck this will be released as BusyBox 1.0.0 later this - week. Please do not bother to send in patches adding cool new features at - this time. Only bug-fix patches will be accepted. It would also be - <b>very</b> helpful if people could help review the BusyBox documentation - and submit improvements. I've spent a lot of time updating the - documentation to make it better match reality, but I could really use some - assistance in checking that the features supported by the various applets - match the features listed in the documentation. - - <p> - I had hoped to get this released a month ago, but - <a href="http://codepoet.org/gallery/baby_peter/img_1796"> - another release on 1 March 2004</a> has kept me busy... - - <p> - The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all the details. - And as usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. - - <p>Have Fun! - <p> - - - <p> - <li><b>23 February 2004 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre8 released</b><p> - - Here goes yet another BusyBox pre-release... Please do not bother to send - in patches supplying new features at this time. Only bug-fix patches will - be accepted. If you have a cool new feature you would like to see - supported, or if you have an amazing new applet you would like to submit, - please wait and submit such things later. We really want to get a release - out we can all be proud of. We are still aiming to finish off the -pre - series in February and move on to the final 1.0.0 release... So if you - spot any bugs, now would be an excellent time to send in a fix to the - busybox mailing list. It would also be <b>very</b> helpful if people could - help review the BusyBox documentation and submit improvements. It would be - especially helpful if people could check that the features supported by the - various applets match the features listed in the documentation. - - <p> - - The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all the details. - And as usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. - - <p>Have Fun! - <p> - - - <li><b>4 February 2004 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre7 released</b><p> - - There was a bug in -pre6 that broke argument parsing for a - number of applets, since a variable was not being zeroed out - properly. This release is primarily intended to fix that one - problem. In addition, this release fixes several other - problems, including a rewrite by mjn3 of the code for parsing - the busybox.conf file used for suid handling, some shell updates - from vodz, and a scattering of other small fixes. We are still - aiming to finish off the -pre series in February and move on to - the final 1.0.0 release... If you see any problems, of have - suggestions to make, as always, please feel free to email the - busybox mailing list. - - <p> - - The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all - the details. And as usual you can - <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. - - <p>Have Fun! - <p> - - - <p> - <li><b>30 January 2004 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre6 released</b><p> - - Here goes the next pre-release for the new BusyBox stable - series. This release adds a number of size optimizations, - updates udhcp, fixes up 2.6 modutils support, updates ash - and the shell command line editing, and the usual pile of - bug fixes both large and small. Things appear to be - settling down now, so with a bit of luck and some testing - perhaps we can finish off the -pre series in February and - move on to the final 1.0.0 release... If you see any - problems, of have suggestions to make, as always, please - feel free to email the busybox mailing list. - - <p> - - People who rely on the <a href= "downloads/snapshots/">daily BusyBox snapshots</a> - should be aware that snapshots of the old busybox 0.60.x - series are no longer available. Daily snapshots are now - only available for the BusyBox 1.0.0 series and now use - the naming scheme "busybox-<date>.tar.bz2". Please - adjust any build scripts using the old naming scheme accordingly. - - <p> - - The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all - the details. And as usual you can - <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. - - <p>Have Fun! - <p> - - - <p> - <li><b>23 December 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre5 released</b><p> - - Here goes the next pre-release for the new BusyBox stable - series. The most obvious thing in this release is a fix for - a terribly stupid bug in mount that prevented it from working - properly unless you specified the filesystem type. This - release also fixes a few compile problems, updates udhcp, - fixes a silly bug in fdisk, fixes ifup/ifdown to behave like - the Debian version, updates devfsd, updates the 2.6.x - modutils support, add a new 'rx' applet, removes the obsolete - 'loadacm' applet, fixes a few tar bugs, fixes a sed bug, and - a few other odd fixes. - - <p> - - If you see any problems, of have suggestions to make, as - always, please feel free to send an email to the busybox - mailing list. - - <p> - - The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all - the details. And as usual you can - <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. - - <p>Have Fun! - <p> - - - - <li><b>10 December 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre4 released</b><p> - - Here goes the fourth pre-release for the new BusyBox stable - series. This release includes major rework to sed, lots of - rework on tar, a new tiny implementation of bunzip2, a new - devfsd applet, support for 2.6.x kernel modules, updates to - the ash shell, sha1sum and md5sum have been merged into a - common applet, the dpkg applets has been cleaned up, and tons - of random bugs have been fixed. Thanks everyone for all the - testing, bug reports, and patches! Once again, a big - thank-you goes to Glenn McGrath (bug1) for stepping in and - helping get patches merged! - - <p> - - And of course, if you are reading this, you might have noticed - the busybox website has been completely reworked. Hopefully - things are now somewhat easier to navigate... If you see any - problems, of have suggestions to make, as always, please feel - free to send an email to the busybox mailing list. - - <p> - - The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all - the details. And as usual you can - <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. - - <p>Have Fun! - - - - <p> - <li><b>12 Sept 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre3 released</b><p> - - Here goes the third pre-release for the new BusyBox stable - series. The last prerelease has held up quite well under - testing, but a number of problems have turned up as the number - of people using it has increased. Thanks everyone for all - the testing, bug reports, and patches! - - <p> - - If you have submitted a patch or a bug report to the busybox - mailing list and no one has emailed you explaining why your - patch was rejected, it is safe to say that your patch has - somehow gotten lost or forgotten. That happens sometimes. - Please re-submit your patch or bug report to the BusyBox - mailing list! - - <p> - - The point of the "-preX" versions is to get a larger group of - people and vendors testing, so any problems that turn up can be - fixed prior to the final 1.0.0 release. The main feature - (besides additional testing) that is still still on the TODO - list before the final BusyBox 1.0.0 release is sorting out the - modutils issues. For the new 2.6.x kernels, we already have - patches adding insmod and rmmod support and those need to be - integrated. For 2.4.x kernels, for which busybox only supports - a limited number of architectures, we may want to invest a bit - more work before we cut 1.0.0. Or we may just leave 2.4.x - module loading alone. - - <p> - - I had hoped this release would be out a month ago. And of - course, it wasn't since Erik became busy getting a release of - <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/">uClibc</a> - out the door. Many thanks to Glenn McGrath (bug1) for - stepping in and helping get a bunch of patches merged! I am - not even going to state a date for releasing BusyBox 1.0.0 - -pre4 (or the final 1.0.0). We're aiming for late September... - But if this release proves as to be exceptionally stable (or - exceptionally unstable!), the next release may be very soon - indeed. - - <p> - - The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all - the details. And as usual you can - <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. - - <p>Have Fun! - - - <p> - <li><b>30 July 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre2 released</b><p> - - Here goes another pre release for the new BusyBox stable - series. The last prerelease (pre1) was given quite a lot of - testing (thanks everyone!) which has helped turn up a number of - bugs, and these problems have now been fixed. - - <p> - - Highlights of -pre2 include updating the 'ash' shell to sync up - with the Debian 'dash' shell, a new 'hdparm' applet was added, - init again supports pivot_root, The 'reboot' 'halt' and - 'poweroff' applets can now be used without using busybox init. - an ifconfig buffer overflow was fixed, losetup now allows - read-write loop devices, uClinux daemon support was added, the - 'watchdog', 'fdisk', and 'kill' applets were rewritten, there were - tons of doc updates, and there were many other bugs fixed. - <p> - - If you have submitted a patch and it is not included in this - release and Erik has not emailed you explaining why your patch - was rejected, it is safe to say that he has lost your patch. - That happens sometimes. Please re-submit your patch to the - BusyBox mailing list. - <p> - - The point of the "-preX" versions is to get a larger group of - people and vendors testing, so any problems that turn up can be - fixed prior to the final 1.0.0 release. The main feature that - is still still on the TODO list before the final BusyBox 1.0.0 - release is adding module support for the new 2.6.x kernels. If - necessary, a -pre3 BusyBox release will happen on August 6th. - Hopefully (i.e. unless some horrible catastrophic problem - turns up) the final BusyBox 1.0.0 release will be ready by - then... - <p> - - The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all - the details. As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. - - <p>Have Fun! - <p> - - <p> - <li><b>15 July 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre1 released</b><p> - - The busybox development series has been under construction for - nearly two years now. Which is just entirely too long... So - it is with great pleasure that I announce the imminent release - of a new stable series. Due to the huge number of changes - since the last stable release (and the usual mindless version - number inflation) I am branding this new stable series verison - 1.0.x... - <p> - - The point of "-preX" versions is to get a larger group of - people and vendors testing, so any problems that turn up can be - fixed prior to the magic 1.0.0 release (which should happen - later this month)... I plan to release BusyBox 1.0.0-pre2 next - Monday (July 21st), and, if necessary, -pre3 on July 28th. - Hopefully (i.e. unless some horrible catastrophic problem turns - up) the final BusyBox 1.0.0 release should be ready by the end - of July. - <p> - - If you have submitted patches, and they are not in this release - and I have not emailed you explaining why your patch was - rejected, it is safe to say that I have lost your patch. That - happens sometimes. Please do <B>NOT</b> send all your patches, - support questions, etc, directly to Erik. I get hundreds of - emails every day (which is why I end up losing patches - sometimes in the flood)... The busybox mailing list is the - right place to send your patches, support questions, etc. - <p> - - I would like to especially thank Vladimir Oleynik (vodz), Glenn - McGrath (bug1), Robert Griebl (sandman), and Manuel Novoa III - (mjn3) for their significant efforts and contributions that - have made this release possible. - <p> - - As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. - You don't really need to bother with the - <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>, as the changes - vs the stable version are way too extensive to easily enumerate. - But you can take a look if you really want too. - - <p>Have Fun! - <p> - - - - <p> - <li><b>26 October 2002 -- BusyBox 0.60.5 released</b><p> - - I am very pleased to announce that the BusyBox 0.60.5 (stable) - is now available for download. This is a bugfix release for - the stable series to address all the problems that have turned - up since the last release. Unfortunately, the previous release - had a few nasty bugs (i.e. init could deadlock, gunzip -c tried - to delete source files, cp -a wouldn't copy symlinks, and init - was not always providing controlling ttys when it should have). - I know I said that the previous release would be the end of the - 0.60.x series. Well, it turns out I'm a liar. But this time I - mean it (just like last time ;-). This will be the last - release for the 0.60.x series -- all further development work - will be done for the development busybox tree. Expect the development - version to have its first real release very very soon now... - - <p> - The <a href="downloads/Changelog.full">changelog</a> has all - the details. As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. - <p>Have Fun! - <p> - - <p> - <li><b>18 September 2002 -- BusyBox 0.60.4 released</b><p> - - I am very pleased to announce that the BusyBox 0.60.4 - (stable) is now available for download. This is primarily - a bugfix release for the stable series to address all - the problems that have turned up since the last - release. This will be the last release for the 0.60.x series. - I mean it this time -- all further development work will be done - on the development busybox tree, which is quite solid now and - should soon be getting its first real release. - - <p> - The <a href="downloads/Changelog.full">changelog</a> has all - the details. As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. - <p>Have Fun! - <p> - - - <p> - <li><b>27 April 2002 -- BusyBox 0.60.3 released</b><p> - - I am very pleased to announce that the BusyBox 0.60.3 (stable) is - now available for download. This is primarily a bugfix release - for the stable series. A number of problems have turned up since - the last release, and this should address most of those problems. - This should be the last release for the 0.60.x series. The - development busybox tree has been progressing nicely, and will - hopefully be ready to become the next stable release. - - <p> - The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all - the details. As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. - <p>Have Fun! - <p> - - - <p> - <li><b>6 March 2002 -- busybox.net now has mirrors!</b><p> - - Busybox.net is now much more available, thanks to - the fine folks at <a href= "http://i-netinnovations.com/">http://i-netinnovations.com/</a> - who are providing hosting for busybox.net and - uclibc.org. In addition, we now have two mirrors: - <a href= "http://busybox.linuxmagic.com/">http://busybox.linuxmagic.com/</a> - in Canada and - <a href= "http://busybox.csservers.de/">http://busybox.csservers.de/</a> - in Germany. I hope this makes things much more - accessible for everyone! - - -<li> -<b>3 January 2002 -- Welcome to busybox.net!</b> - -<p>Thanks to the generosity of a number of busybox -users, we have been able to purchase busybox.net -(which is where you are probably reading this). -Right now, busybox.net and uclibc.org are both -living on my home system (at the end of my DSL -line). I apologize for the abrupt move off of -busybox.lineo.com. Unfortunately, I no longer have -the access needed to keep that system updated (for -example, you might notice the daily snapshots there -stopped some time ago).</p> - -<p>Busybox.net is currently hosted on my home -server, at the end of a DSL line. Unfortunately, -the load on them is quite heavy. To address this, -I'm trying to make arrangements to get busybox.net -co-located directly at an ISP. To assist in the -co-location effort, <a href= -"http://www.codepoet.org/~markw">Mark Whitley</a> -(author of busybox sed, cut, and grep) has donated -his <a href= -"http://www.netwinder.org/">NetWinder</a> computer -for hosting busybox.net and uclibc.org. Once this -system is co-located, the current speed problems -should be completely eliminated. Hopefully, too, -some of you will volunteer to set up some mirror -sites, to help to distribute the load a bit.</p> - -<p><!-- - <center> - Click here to help support busybox.net! - <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> - <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick"> - <input type="hidden" name="business" value="andersen@codepoet.org"> - <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Support Busybox"> - <input type="hidden" name="image_url" value="https://codepoet-consulting.com/images/busybox2.jpg"> - <input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1"> - <input type="image" src="images/donate.png" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make donation using PayPal"> - </form> - </center> - --> - Since some people expressed concern over BusyBox -donations, let me assure you that no one is getting -rich here. All BusyBox and uClibc donations will be -spent paying for bandwidth and needed hardware -upgrades. For example, Mark's NetWinder currently -has just 64Meg of memory. As demonstrated when -google spidered the site the other day, 64 Megs in -not enough, so I'm going to be ordering 256Megs of -ram and a larger hard drive for the box today. So -far, donations received have been sufficient to -cover almost all expenses. In the future, we may -have co-location fees to worry about, but for now -we are ok. A <b>HUGE thank-you</b> goes out to -everyone that has contributed!<br> - -Erik</p> -</li> - -<li> -<b>20 November 2001 -- BusyBox 0.60.2 released</b> - -<p>We am very pleased to announce that the BusyBox -0.60.2 (stable) is now released to the world. This -one is primarily a bugfix release for the stable -series, and it should take care of most everyone's -needs till we can get the nice new stuff we have -been working on in CVS ready to release (with the -wonderful new buildsystem). The biggest change in -this release (beyond bugfixes) is the fact that msh -(the minix shell) has been re-worked by Vladimir N. -Oleynik (vodz) and so it no longer crashes when -told to do complex things with backticks.</p> - -<p>This release has been tested on x86, ARM, and -powerpc using glibc 2.2.4, libc5, and uClibc, so it -should work with just about any Linux system you -throw it at. See the <a href= -"downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> for <small>most -of</small> the details. The last release was -<em>very</em> solid for people, and this one should -be even better.</p> - -<p>As usual BusyBox 0.60.2 can be downloaded from -<a href= -"downloads">http://www.busybox.net/downloads</a>.</p> - -<p>Have Fun.<br> - -Erik</p> -</li> - -<li> <b>18 November 2001 -- Help us buy busybox.net!</b> - -<!-- Begin PayPal Logo --> -<center> -Click here to help buy busybox.net! -<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> -<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick"> -<input type="hidden" name="business" value="andersen@codepoet.org"> -<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Support Busybox"> -<input type="hidden" name="image_url" value="https://busybox.net/images/busybox2.jpg"> -<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1"> -<input type="image" src="images/donate.png" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make donation using PayPal"> -</form> -</center> -<!-- End PayPal Logo --> - -I've contacted the current owner of busybox.net and he is willing -to sell the domain name -- for $250. He also owns busybox.org but -will not part with it... I will then need to pay the registry fee -for a couple of years and start paying for bandwidth, so this will -initially cost about $300. I would like to host busybox.net on my -home machine (codepoet.org) so I have full control over the system, -but to do that would require that I increase the level of bandwidth -I am paying for. Did you know that so far this month, there -have been over 1.4 Gigabytes of busybox ftp downloads? I don't -even <em>know</em> how much CVS bandwidth it requires. For the -time being, Lineo has continued to graciously provide this -bandwidth, despite the fact that I no longer work for them. If I -start running this all on my home machine, paying for the needed bandwidth -will start costing some money. -<p> - -I was going to pay it all myself, but my wife didn't like that -idea at all (big surprise). It turns out <insert argument -where she wins and I don't> she has better ideas -about what we should spend our money on that don't involve -busybox. She suggested I should ask for contributions on the -mailing list and web page. So... -<p> - -I am hoping that if everyone could contribute a bit, we could pick -up the busybox.net domain name and cover the bandwidth costs. I -know that busybox is being used by a lot of companies as well as -individuals -- hopefully people and companies that are willing to -contribute back a bit. So if everyone could please help out, that -would be wonderful! -<p> - - -<li> <b>23 August 2001 -- BusyBox 0.60.1 released</b> -<br> - - This is a relatively minor bug fixing release that fixes - up the bugs that have shown up in the stable release in - the last few weeks. Fortunately, nothing <em>too</em> - serious has shown up. This release only fixes bugs -- no - new features, no new applets. So without further ado, - here it is. Come and get it. - <p> - The - <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all - the details. As usual BusyBox 0.60.1 can be downloaded from - <a href="downloads">http://busybox.net/downloads</a>. - <p>Have Fun! - <p> - - -<li> <b>2 August 2001 -- BusyBox 0.60.0 released</b> -<br> - I am very pleased to announce the immediate availability of - BusyBox 0.60.0. I have personally tested this release with libc5, glibc, - and <a href="http://uclibc.org/">uClibc</a> on - x86, ARM, and powerpc using linux 2.2 and 2.4, and I know a number - of people using it on everything from ia64 to m68k with great success. - Everything seems to be working very nicely now, so getting a nice - stable bug-free(tm) release out seems to be in order. This releases fixes - a memory leak in syslogd, a number of bugs in the ash and msh shells, and - cleans up a number of things. - - <p> - - Those wanting an easy way to test the 0.60.0 release with uClibc can - use <a href="http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/">User-Mode Linux</a> - to give it a try by downloading and compiling - <a href="ftp://busybox.net/buildroot.tar.gz">buildroot.tar.gz</a>. - You don't have to be root or reboot your machine to run test this way. - Preconfigured User-Mode Linux kernel source is also on busybox.net. - <p> - Another cool thing is the nifty <a href="downloads/tutorial/index.html"> - BusyBox Tutorial</a> contributed by K Computing. This requires - a ShockWave plugin (or standalone viewer), so you may want to grab the - the GPLed shockwave viewer from <a href="http://www.swift-tools.com/Flash/flash-0.4.10.tgz">here</a> - to view the tutorial. - <p> - - Finally, In case you didn't notice anything odd about the - version number of this release, let me point out that this release - is <em>not</em> 0.53, because I bumped the version number up a - bit. This reflects the fact that this release is intended to form - a new stable BusyBox release series. If you need to rely on a - stable version of BusyBox, you should plan on using the stable - 0.60.x series. If bugs show up then I will release 0.60.1, then - 0.60.2, etc... This is also intended to deal with the fact that - the BusyBox build system will be getting a major overhaul for the - next release and I don't want that to break products that people - are shipping. To avoid that, the new build system will be - released as part of a new BusyBox development series that will - have some not-yet-decided-on odd version number. Once things - stabilize and the new build system is working for everyone, then - I will release that as a new stable release series. - - <p> - The - <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all - the details. As usual BusyBox 0.60.0 can be downloaded from - <a href="downloads">http://busybox.net/downloads</a>. - <p>Have Fun! - <p> - - -<li> <b>7 July 2001 -- BusyBox 0.52 released</b> -<br> - - I am very pleased to announce the immediate availability of - BusyBox 0.52 (the "new-and-improved rock-solid release"). This - release is the result of <em>many</em> hours of work and has tons - of bugfixes, optimizations, and cleanups. This release adds - several new applets, including several new shells (such as hush, msh, - and ash). - - <p> - The - <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> covers - some of the more obvious details, but there are many many things that - are not mentioned, but have been improved in subtle ways. As usual, - BusyBox 0.52 can be downloaded from - <a href="downloads">http://busybox.net/downloads</a>. - <p>Have Fun! - <p> - - -<li> <b>10 April 2001 - Graph of Busybox Growth </b> -<br> -The illustrious Larry Doolittle has made a PostScript chart of the growth -of the Busybox tarball size over time. It is available for downloading / -viewing <a href= "busybox-growth.ps"> right here</a>. - -<p> (Note that while the number of applets in Busybox has increased, you -can still configure Busybox to be as small as you want by selectively -turning off whichever applets you don't need.) -<p> - - -<li> <b>10 April 2001 -- BusyBox 0.51 released</b> -<br> - - BusyBox 0.51 (the "rock-solid release") is now out there. This - release adds only 2 new applets: env and vi. The vi applet, - contributed by Sterling Huxley, is very functional, and is only - 22k. This release fixes 3 critical bugs in the 0.50 release. - There were 2 potential segfaults in lash (the busybox shell) in - the 0.50 release which are now fixed. Another critical bug in - 0.50 which is now fixed: syslogd from 0.50 could potentially - deadlock the init process and thereby break your entire system. - <p> - - There are a number of improvements in this release as well. For - one thing, the wget applet is greatly improved. Dmitry Zakharov - added FTP support, and Laurence Anderson make wget fully RFC - compliant for HTTP 1.1. The mechanism for including utility - functions in previous releases was clumsy and error prone. Now - all utility functions are part of a new libbb library, which makes - maintaining utility functions much simpler. And BusyBox now - compiles on itanium systems (thanks to the Debian itanium porters - for letting me use their system!). - <p> - You can read the - <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> for - complete details. BusyBox 0.51 can be downloaded from - <a href="downloads">http://busybox.net/downloads</a>. - <p>Have Fun! - <p> - -<li> <b>Busybox Boot-Floppy Image</b> - -<p>Because you asked for it, we have made available a <a href= -"downloads/busybox.floppy.img"> Busybox boot floppy -image</a>. Here's how you use it: - -<ol> - - <li> <a href= "downloads/busybox.floppy.img"> - Download the image</a> - - <li> dd it onto a floppy like so: <tt> dd if=busybox.floppy.img - of=/dev/fd0 ; sync </tt> - - <li> Pop it in a machine and boot up. - -</ol> - -<p> If you want to look at the contents of the initrd image, do this: - -<pre> - mount ./busybox.floppy.img /mnt -o loop -t msdos - cp /mnt/initrd.gz /tmp - umount /mnt - gunzip /tmp/initrd.gz - mount /tmp/initrd /mnt -o loop -t minix -</pre> - - -<li> <b>15 March 2001 -- BusyBox 0.50 released</b> -<br> - - This release adds several new applets including ifconfig, route, pivot_root, stty, - and tftp, and also fixes tons of bugs. Tab completion in the - shell is now working very well, and the shell's environment variable - expansion was fixed. Tons of other things were fixed or made - smaller. For a fairly complete overview, see the - <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>. - <p> - lash (the busybox shell) is still with us, fixed up a bit so it - now behaves itself quite nicely. It really is quite usable as - long as you don't expect it to provide Bourne shell grammer. - Standard things like pipes, redirects, command line editing, and - environment variable expansion work great. But we have found that - this shell, while very usable, does not provide an extensible - framework for adding in full Bourne shell behavior. So the first order of - business as we begin working on the next BusyBox release will be to merge in the new shell - currently in progress at - <a href="http://doolittle.faludi.com/~larry/parser.html">Larry Doolittle's website</a>. - <p> - - -<li> <b>27 January 2001 -- BusyBox 0.49 released</b> -<br> - - Several new applets, lots of bug fixes, cleanups, and many smaller - things made nicer. Several cleanups and improvements to the shell. - For a list of the most interesting changes - you might want to look at the <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>. - <p> - Special thanks go out to Matt Kraai and Larry Doolittle for all their - work on this release, and for keeping on top of things while I've been - out of town. - <p> - <em>Special Note</em><br> - - BusyBox 0.49 was supposed to have replaced lash, the BusyBox - shell, with a new shell that understands full Bourne shell/Posix shell grammer. - Well, that simply didn't happen in time for this release. A new - shell that will eventually replace lash is already under - construction. This new shell is being developed by Larry - Doolittle, and could use all of our help. Please see the work in - progress on <a href="http://doolittle.faludi.com/~larry/parser.html">Larry's website</a> - and help out if you can. This shell will be included in the next - release of BusyBox. - <p> - -<li> <b>13 December 2000 -- BusyBox 0.48 released</b> -<br> - - This release fixes lots and lots of bugs. This has had some very - rigorous testing, and looks very, very clean. The usual tar - update of course: tar no longer breaks hardlinks, tar -xzf is - optionally supported, and the LRP folks will be pleased to know - that 'tar -X' and 'tar --exclude' are both now in. Applets are - now looked up using a binary search making lash (the busybox - shell) much faster. For the new debian-installer (for Debian - woody) a .udeb can now be generated. - <p> - The curious can get a list of some of the more interesting changes by reading - the <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>. - <p> - Many thanks go out to the many many people that have contributed to - this release, especially Matt Kraai, Larry Doolittle, and Kent Robotti. - <p> -<p> <li> <b>26 September 2000 -- BusyBox 0.47 released</b> -<br> - - This release fixes lots of bugs (including an ugly bug in 0.46 - syslogd that could fork-bomb your system). Added several new - apps: rdate, wget, getopt, dos2unix, unix2dos, reset, unrpm, - renice, xargs, and expr. syslogd now supports network logging. - There are the usual tar updates. Most apps now use getopt for - more correct option parsing. - See the <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> - for complete details. - - -<p> <li> <b>11 July 2000 -- BusyBox 0.46 released</b> -<br> - - This release fixes several bugs (including a ugly bug in tar, - and fixes for NFSv3 mount support). Added a dumpkmap to allow - people to dump a binary keymaps for use with 'loadkmap', and a - completely reworked 'grep' and 'sed' which should behave better. - BusyBox shell can now also be used as a login shell. - See the <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> - for complete details. - - -<p> <li> <b>21 June 2000 -- BusyBox 0.45 released</b> -<br> - - This release has been slow in coming, but is very solid at this - point. BusyBox now supports libc5 as well as GNU libc. This - release provides the following new apps: cut, tr, insmod, ar, - mktemp, setkeycodes, md5sum, uuencode, uudecode, which, and - telnet. There are bug fixes for just about every app as well (see - the <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> for - details). - <p> - Also, some exciting infrastructure news! Busybox now has its own - <a href="lists/busybox/">mailing list</a>, - publically browsable - <a href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">CVS tree</a>, - anonymous - <a href="cvs_anon.html">CVS access</a>, and - for those that are actively contributing there is even - <a href="cvs_write.html">CVS write access</a>. - I think this will be a huge help to the ongoing development of BusyBox. - <p> - Also, for the curious, there is no 0.44 release. Somehow 0.44 got announced - a few weeks ago prior to its actually being released. To avoid any confusion - we are just skipping 0.44. - <p> - Many thanks go out to the many people that have contributed to this release - of BusyBox (esp. Pavel Roskin)! - - -<p> <li> <b>19 April 2000 -- syslogd bugfix</b> -<br> -Turns out that there was still a bug in busybox syslogd. -For example, with the following test app: -<pre> -#include <syslog.h> - -int do_log(char* msg, int delay) -{ - openlog("testlog", LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON); - while(1) { - syslog(LOG_ERR, "%s: testing one, two, three\n", msg); - sleep(delay); - } - closelog(); - return(0); -}; - -int main(void) -{ - if (fork()==0) - do_log("A", 2); - do_log("B", 3); -} -</pre> -it should be logging stuff from both "A" and "B". As released in 0.43 only stuff -from "A" would have been logged. This means that if init tries to log something -while say ppp has the syslog open, init would block (which is bad, bad, bad). -<p> -Karl M. Hegbloom has created a fix for the problem. -Thanks Karl! - - -<p> <li> <b>18 April 2000 -- BusyBox 0.43 released (finally!)</b> -<br> -I have finally gotten everything into a state where I feel pretty -good about things. This is definitely the most stable, solid release -so far. A lot of bugs have been fixed, and the following new apps -have been added: sh, basename, dirname, killall, uptime, -freeramdisk, tr, echo, test, and usleep. Tar has been completely -rewritten from scratch. Bss size has also been greatly reduced. -More details are available in the -<a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>. -Oh, and as a special bonus, I wrote some fairly comprehensive -<em>documentation</em>, complete with examples and full usage information. - -<p> -Many thanks go out to the fine people that have helped by submitting patches -and bug reports; particularly instrumental in helping for this release were -Karl Hegbloom, Pavel Roskin, Friedrich Vedder, Emanuele Caratti, -Bob Tinsley, Nicolas Pitre, Avery Pennarun, Arne Bernin, John Beppu, and Jim Gleason. -There were others so if I somehow forgot to mention you, I'm very sorry. -<p> - -You can grab BusyBox 0.43 tarballs <a href="downloads">here</a>. - -<p> <li> <b>9 April 2000 -- BusyBox 0.43 pre release</b> -<br> -Unfortunately, I have not yet finished all the things I want to -do for BusyBox 0.43, so I am posting this pre-release for people -to poke at. This contains my complete rewrite of tar, which now weighs in at -5k (7k with all options turned on) and works for reading and writing -tarballs (which it does correctly for everything I have been able to throw -at it). Tar also (optionally) supports the "--exclude" option (mainly because -the Linux Router Project folks asked for it). This also has a pre-release -of the micro shell I have been writing. This pre-release should be stable -enough for production use -- it just isn't a release since I have some structural -changes I still want to make. -<p> -The pre-release can be found <a href="downloads">here</a>. -Please let me know ASAP if you find <em>any</em> bugs. - -<p> <li> <b>28 March 2000 -- Andersen Baby Boy release</b> -<br> -I am pleased to announce that on Tuesday March 28th at 5:48pm, weighing in at 7 -lbs. 12 oz, Micah Erik Andersen was born at LDS Hospital here in Salt Lake City. -He was born in the emergency room less then 5 minutes after we arrived -- and -it was such a relief that we even made it to the hospital at all. Despite the -fact that I was driving at an amazingly unlawful speed and honking at everybody -and thinking decidedly unkind thoughts about the people in our way, my wife -(inconsiderate of my feelings and complete lack of medical training) was lying -down in the back seat saying things like "I think I need to start pushing now" -(which she then proceeded to do despite my best encouraging statements to the -contrary). -<p> -Anyway, I'm glad to note that despite the much-faster-than-we-were-expecting -labor, both Shaunalei and our new baby boy are doing wonderfully. -<p> -So now that I am done with my excuse for the slow release cycle... -Progress on the next release of BusyBox has been slow but steady. I expect -to have a release sometime during the first week of April. This release will -include a number of important changes, including the addition of a shell, a -re-write of tar (to accommodate the Linux Router Project), and syslogd can now -accept multiple concurrent connections, fixing lots of unexpected blocking -problems. - - -<p> <li> <b>11 February 2000 -- BusyBox 0.42 released</b> -<br> - - This is the most solid BusyBox release so far. Many, many - bugs have been fixed. See the - <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> for details. - - Of particular interest, init will now cleanly unmount - filesystems on reboot, cp and mv have been rewritten and - behave much better, and mount and umount no longer leak - loop devices. Many thanks go out to Randolph Chung, - Karl M. Hegbloom, Taketoshi Sano, and Pavel Roskin for - their hard work on this release of BusyBox. Please pound - on it and let me know if you find any bugs. - -<p> <li> <b>19 January 2000 -- BusyBox 0.41 released</b> -<br> - - This release includes bugfixes to cp, mv, logger, true, false, - mkdir, syslogd, and init. New apps include wc, hostid, - logname, tty, whoami, and yes. New features include loop device - support in mount and umount, and better TERM handling by init. - The changelog can be found <a href="downloads/Changelog">here</a>. - -<p> <li> <b>7 January 2000 -- BusyBox 0.40 released</b> -<br> - - This release includes bugfixes to init (now includes inittab support), - syslogd, head, logger, du, grep, cp, mv, sed, dmesg, ls, kill, gunzip, and mknod. - New apps include sort, uniq, lsmod, rmmod, fbset, and loadacm. - In particular, this release fixes an important bug in tar which - in some cases produced serious security problems. - As always, the changelog can be found <a href="downloads/Changelog">here</a>. - -<p> <li> <b>11 December 1999 -- BusyBox Website</b> -<br> - I have received permission from Bruce Perens (the original author of BusyBox) - to set up this site as the new primary website for BusyBox. This website - will always contain pointers to the latest and greatest, and will also - contain the latest documentation on how to use BusyBox, what it can do, - what arguments its apps support, etc. - -<p> <li> <b>10 December 1999 -- BusyBox 0.39 released</b> -<br> - This release includes fixes to init, reboot, halt, kill, and ls, and contains - the new apps ping, hostname, mkfifo, free, tail, du, tee, and head. A full - changelog can be found <a href="downloads/Changelog">here</a>. -<p> <li> <b>5 December 1999 -- BusyBox 0.38 released</b> -<br> - This release includes fixes to tar, cat, ls, dd, rm, umount, find, df, - and make install, and includes new apps syslogd/klogd and logger. - - -</ul> - - -<!--#include file="footer.html" --> - |