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This prerelease should be noticeably more + <a href="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/">standards + compliant</a> than earlier versions of busybox, although we're + still working out the <a href="http://bugs.busybox.net">bugs</a>.</p> + + <li><b>16 August 2005 -- 1.01 is out</b> + + <p>A new stable release (<a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.01.tar.bz2">BusyBox + 1.01</a>) is now available for download, containing over a hundred + <a href="http://www.busybox.net/lists/busybox/2005-August/015424.html">small + fixes</a> that have cropped up since the 1.00 release.</p> + + <li><b>13 January 2005 -- Bug and Patch Tracking</b><p> + + Bug reports sometimes get lost when posted to the mailing list. The + developers of BusyBox are busy people, and have only so much they can keep + in their brains at a time. In my case, I'm lucky if I can remember my own + name, much less a bug report posted last week... To prevent your bug report + from getting lost, if you find a bug in BusyBox, please use the + <a href="http://bugs.busybox.net/">shiny new Bug and Patch Tracking System</a> + to post all the gory details. + + <p> + + The same applies to patches... Regardless of whether your patch + is a bug fix or adds spiffy new features, please post your patch + to the Bug and Patch Tracking System to make certain it is + properly considered. + + + <p> + <li><b>13 October 2004 -- BusyBox 1.00 released</b><p> + + When you take a careful look at nearly every embedded Linux device or + software distribution shipping today, you will find a copy of BusyBox. + With countless routers, set top boxes, wireless access points, PDAs, and + who knows what else, the future for Linux and BusyBox on embedded devices + is looking very bright. + + <p> + + It is therefore with great satisfaction that I declare each and every + device already shipping with BusyBox is now officially out of date. + The highly anticipated release of BusyBox 1.00 has arrived! + + <p> + + Over three years in development, BusyBox 1.00 represents a tremendous + improvement over the old 0.60.x stable series. Now featuring a Linux + KernelConf based configuration system (as used by the Linux kernel), + Linux 2.6 kernel support, many many new applets, and the development + work and testing of thousands of people from around the world. + + <p> + + If you are already using BusyBox, you are strongly encouraged to upgrade to + BusyBox 1.00. If you are considering developing an embedded Linux device + or software distribution, you may wish to investigate if using BusyBox is + right for your application. If you need help getting started using + BusyBox, if you wish to donate to help cover expenses, or if you find a bug + and need help reporting it, you are invited to visit the <a + href="FAQ.html">BusyBox FAQ</a>. + + <p> + + As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. + + <p>Have Fun! + + <p> + <li><b>Old News</b><p> + <a href="/oldnews.html">Click here to read older news</a> + + + <li><b>16 August 2004 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-rc3 released</b><p> + + Here goes release candidate 3... + <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>26 July 2004 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-rc2 released</b><p> + + Here goes release candidate 2... + <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>20 July 2004 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-rc1 released</b><p> + + Here goes release candidate 1... This fixes all (most?) of the problems + that have turned up since -pre10. 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/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/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" --> + |