aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
-rw-r--r--INSTALL15
-rw-r--r--Makefile12
-rw-r--r--docs/busybox_header.pod15
3 files changed, 21 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 9f09110ce..c7165dec2 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -58,14 +58,19 @@ Installing busybox consists of creating symlinks (or hardlinks) to the busybox
binary for each applet enabled in busybox, and making sure these symlinks are
in the shell's command $PATH. Running "make install" creates these symlinks,
or "make install-hardlinks" creates hardlinks instead (useful on systems with
-a limited number of inodes). This install process ues the file
+a limited number of inodes). This install process uses the file
"busybox.links" (created by make), which contains the list of enabled applets
and the path at which to install them.
-The special applet name "busybox" (or with any optional suffix, such as
-"busybox-static") uses the first argument to determine which applet to behave
-as (for example, "./busybox cat LICENSE"). (Running the busybox applet with
-no arguments gives a list of all enabled applets.)
+Installing links to busybox is not always necessary. The special applet name
+"busybox" (or with any optional suffix, such as "busybox-static") uses the
+first argument to determine which applet to behave as, for example
+"./busybox cat LICENSE". (Running the busybox applet with no arguments gives
+a list of all enabled applets.) The standalone shell can also call busybox
+applets without links to busybox under other names in the filesystem. You can
+also configure a standaone install capability into the busybox base applet,
+and then install such links at runtime with one of "busybox --install" (for
+hardlinks) or "busybox --install -s" (for symlinks).
Building out-of-tree:
=====================
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f603d2d1a..6e0b7a322 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -129,8 +129,7 @@ help:
@echo ' oldconfig - resolve any unresolved symbols in .config'
@echo
@echo 'Installation:'
- @echo ' install - install busybox and symlinks into $prefix'
- @echo ' install-hardlinks - install busybox and hardlinks into $prefix'
+ @echo ' install - install busybox into $prefix'
@echo ' uninstall'
@echo
@echo 'Development:'
@@ -196,8 +195,8 @@ defconfig: scripts/config/conf
allbareconfig: scripts/config/conf
@./scripts/config/conf -y $(CONFIG_CONFIG_IN)
- sed -i -r -e "s/^(CONFIG_DEBUG|USING_CROSS_COMPILER|CONFIG_STATIC|CONFIG_SELINUX).*/# \1 is not set/" .config
- sed -i -e "/FEATURE/s/=.*//;/^[^#]/s/.*FEATURE.*/# \0 is not set/;" .config
+ @sed -i -r -e "s/^(CONFIG_DEBUG|USING_CROSS_COMPILER|CONFIG_STATIC|CONFIG_SELINUX).*/# \1 is not set/" .config
+ @sed -i -e "/FEATURE/s/=.*//;/^[^#]/s/.*FEATURE.*/# \0 is not set/;" .config
@echo "CONFIG_FEATURE_BUFFERS_GO_ON_STACK=y" >> .config
@./scripts/config/conf -o $(CONFIG_CONFIG_IN)
@@ -220,7 +219,7 @@ busybox.links: $(top_srcdir)/applets/busybox.mkll include/config.h $(top_srcdir)
- $(SHELL) $^ >$@
install: $(top_srcdir)/applets/install.sh busybox busybox.links
- $(SHELL) $< $(PREFIX)
+ $(SHELL) $< $(PREFIX) $(INSTALL_OPTS)
ifeq ($(strip $(CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID)),y)
@echo
@echo
@@ -236,9 +235,6 @@ uninstall: busybox.links
rm -f $(PREFIX)/bin/busybox
for i in `cat busybox.links` ; do rm -f $(PREFIX)$$i; done
-install-hardlinks: $(top_srcdir)/applets/install.sh busybox busybox.links
- $(SHELL) $< $(PREFIX) --hardlinks
-
# see if we are in verbose mode
KBUILD_VERBOSE :=
ifdef V
diff --git a/docs/busybox_header.pod b/docs/busybox_header.pod
index 5af92401c..7a5b0f716 100644
--- a/docs/busybox_header.pod
+++ b/docs/busybox_header.pod
@@ -28,17 +28,16 @@ system.
BusyBox is extremely configurable. This allows you to include only the
components you need, thereby reducing binary size. Run 'make config' or 'make
-menuconfig' to select the functionality that you wish to enable. The run
+menuconfig' to select the functionality that you wish to enable. Then run
'make' to compile BusyBox using your configuration.
After the compile has finished, you should use 'make install' to install
-BusyBox. This will install the '/bin/busybox' binary, and will also create
-symlinks pointing to the '/bin/busybox' binary for each utility that you
-compile into BusyBox. By default, 'make install' will place these symlinks
-into the './_install' directory, unless you have defined 'PREFIX', thereby
-specifying some alternative location (i.e., 'make PREFIX=/tmp/foo install').
-If you wish to install using hardlinks, rather than the default of using
-symlinks, you can use 'make PREFIX=/tmp/foo install-hardlinks' instead.
+BusyBox. This will install the 'bin/busybox' binary, in the target directory
+specified by PREFIX. PREFIX can be set when configuring BusyBox, or you can
+specify an alternative location at install time (i.e., with a command line
+like 'make PREFIX=/tmp/foo install'). If you enabled any applet installation
+scheme (either as symlinks or hardlinks), these will also be installed in
+the location pointed to by PREFIX.
=head1 USAGE