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diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index 892c1d79d..45ddc4377 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -90,10 +90,14 @@ config BUSYBOX
help
The busybox applet provides general help regarding busybox and
allows the included applets to be listed. It's also required
- if applet links are to be installed at runtime.
+ if applet links are to be installed at runtime. If you unselect
+ this option, running busybox without any arguments will give
+ just a cryptic error message:
- If you can live without these features disabling this will save
- some space.
+ $ busybox
+ busybox: applet not found
+
+ Running "busybox APPLET [ARGS...]" will still work, of course.
config FEATURE_INSTALLER
bool "Support --install [-s] to install applet links at runtime"
@@ -112,6 +116,17 @@ config INSTALL_NO_USR
will install applets only to /bin and /sbin,
never to /usr/bin or /usr/sbin.
+config LFS
+ bool "Build with Large File Support (for accessing files > 2 GB)"
+ default y
+ help
+ If you want to build BusyBox with large file support, then enable
+ this option. This will have no effect if your kernel or your C
+ library lacks large file support for large files. Some of the
+ programs that can benefit from large file support include dd, gzip,
+ cp, mount, tar, and many others. If you want to access files larger
+ than 2 Gigabytes, enable this option. Otherwise, leave it set to 'N'.
+
config PAM
bool "Support PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules)"
default n
@@ -136,18 +151,6 @@ config FEATURE_DEVPTS
/dev/ttyp<number> will be used. To use this option, you should have
devpts mounted.
-config FEATURE_CLEAN_UP
- bool "Clean up all memory before exiting (usually not needed)"
- default n
- help
- As a size optimization, busybox normally exits without explicitly
- freeing dynamically allocated memory or closing files. This saves
- space since the OS will clean up for us, but it can confuse debuggers
- like valgrind, which report tons of memory and resource leaks.
-
- Don't enable this unless you have a really good reason to clean
- things up manually.
-
config FEATURE_UTMP
bool "Support utmp file"
default y
@@ -177,7 +180,7 @@ config FEATURE_PIDFILE
on applets which require pidfiles to run.
config PID_FILE_PATH
- string "Path to directory for pidfile"
+ string "Directory for pidfiles"
default "/var/run"
depends on FEATURE_PIDFILE
help
@@ -269,24 +272,6 @@ config FEATURE_SUID_CONFIG_QUIET
check this option to avoid users to be notified about missing
permissions.
-config SELINUX
- bool "Support NSA Security Enhanced Linux"
- default n
- select PLATFORM_LINUX
- help
- Enable support for SELinux in applets ls, ps, and id. Also provide
- the option of compiling in SELinux applets.
-
- If you do not have a complete SELinux userland installed, this stuff
- will not compile. Specifially, libselinux 1.28 or better is
- directly required by busybox. If the installation is located in a
- non-standard directory, provide it by invoking make as follows:
- CFLAGS=-I<libselinux-include-path> \
- LDFLAGS=-L<libselinux-lib-path> \
- make
-
- Most people will leave this set to 'N'.
-
config FEATURE_PREFER_APPLETS
bool "exec prefers applets"
default n
@@ -311,6 +296,36 @@ config BUSYBOX_EXEC_PATH
executable. If you haven't got /proc, set this to wherever you
want to run BusyBox from.
+config SELINUX
+ bool "Support NSA Security Enhanced Linux"
+ default n
+ select PLATFORM_LINUX
+ help
+ Enable support for SELinux in applets ls, ps, and id. Also provide
+ the option of compiling in SELinux applets.
+
+ If you do not have a complete SELinux userland installed, this stuff
+ will not compile. Specifially, libselinux 1.28 or better is
+ directly required by busybox. If the installation is located in a
+ non-standard directory, provide it by invoking make as follows:
+ CFLAGS=-I<libselinux-include-path> \
+ LDFLAGS=-L<libselinux-lib-path> \
+ make
+
+ Most people will leave this set to 'N'.
+
+config FEATURE_CLEAN_UP
+ bool "Clean up all memory before exiting (usually not needed)"
+ default n
+ help
+ As a size optimization, busybox normally exits without explicitly
+ freeing dynamically allocated memory or closing files. This saves
+ space since the OS will clean up for us, but it can confuse debuggers
+ like valgrind, which report tons of memory and resource leaks.
+
+ Don't enable this unless you have a really good reason to clean
+ things up manually.
+
# These are auto-selected by other options
config FEATURE_SYSLOG
@@ -452,17 +467,6 @@ config FEATURE_SHARED_BUSYBOX
###
### Say 'N' unless you know what you are doing.
-config LFS
- bool "Build with Large File Support (for accessing files > 2 GB)"
- default y
- help
- If you want to build BusyBox with large file support, then enable
- this option. This will have no effect if your kernel or your C
- library lacks large file support for large files. Some of the
- programs that can benefit from large file support include dd, gzip,
- cp, mount, tar, and many others. If you want to access files larger
- than 2 Gigabytes, enable this option. Otherwise, leave it set to 'N'.
-
config CROSS_COMPILER_PREFIX
string "Cross Compiler prefix"
default ""
@@ -669,10 +673,10 @@ config EFENCE
endchoice
-endmenu
-
source libbb/Config.in
+endmenu
+
comment "Applets"
source archival/Config.in