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diff --git a/docs/contributing.txt b/docs/contributing.txt index bf6dedfe8..0d2f553ed 100644 --- a/docs/contributing.txt +++ b/docs/contributing.txt @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ Consult Existing Sources For a quick listing of "needs work" spots in the sources, cd into the Busybox directory and run the following: - for i in TODO FIXME XXX; do grep $i *.[ch]; done + for i in TODO FIXME XXX; do find -name '*.[ch]'|xargs grep $i; done This will show all of the trouble spots or 'questionable' code. Pick a spot, any spot, these are all invitations for you to contribute. @@ -199,16 +199,16 @@ Janitorial Work These are dirty jobs, but somebody's gotta do 'em. - - Converting applets to use getopt() for option processing. Type 'grep -L - getopt *.c' to get a listing of the applets that currently don't use - getopt. If a .c file processes no options, it should have a line that + - Converting applets to use getopt() for option processing. Type 'find -name + '*.c'|grep -L getopt' to get a listing of the applets that currently don't + use getopt. If a .c file processes no options, it should have a line that reads: /* no options, no getopt */ somewhere in the file. - Replace any "naked" calls to malloc, calloc, realloc, str[n]dup, fopen with - the x* equivalents found in utility.c. + the x* equivalents found in libbb/xfuncs.c. - Security audits: - http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?content=/forums/secprog/secure-programming.html + http://www.securityfocus.com/popups/forums/secprog/intro.shtml - Synthetic code removal: http://www.perl.com/pub/2000/06/commify.html - This is very Perl-specific, but the advice given in here applies equally well to @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ These are dirty jobs, but somebody's gotta do 'em. - "Ten Commandments" compliance: (this is a "maybe", certainly not as important as any of the previous items.) - http://web.onetelnet.ch/~twolf/tw/c/ten_commandments.html + http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/ten-commandments.html Other useful links: |