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