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2018-06-06restore documentation on the build config languageKartik Agaram
Kconfig-language.txt was deleted in commit 4fa499a17b52b back in 2006. Move to docs/ as suggested by Xabier Oneca: http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2014-May/080914.html Also update references to it everywhere. Signed-off-by: Kartik Agaram <akkartik@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2018-01-25dd: add 'fullblock' iflagNicholas Clark
Adds a fullblock iflag for improved compatibility with GNU dd. The new iflag can be used to ensure that dd calls retrieve the expected amount of data when reading from pipes or unusual filesystems. function old new delta packed_usage 32249 32334 +85 dd_main 1582 1632 +50 static.iflag_words 12 22 +10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 3/0 up/down: 145/0) Total: 145 bytes Signed-off-by: Nicholas Clark <nicholas.clark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2017-08-06Tweak outdated documentation and commentsDenys Vlasenko
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2017-08-04sheel: improve comments on signal handlingDenys Vlasenko
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2017-08-03new NOFORKs: pwdx,kill[all5],ttysize,realpath,readlink NOEXECs: date,resizeDenys Vlasenko
function old new delta run_nofork_applet 258 280 +22 readlink_main 112 123 +11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 2/0 up/down: 33/0) Total: 33 bytes Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2017-08-02NOFORK fixesDenys Vlasenko
"rm -i FILE" and "yes" can now be interrupted by ^C in hush. This also now works: $ usleep 19999999 ^C $ echo $? 130 function old new delta run_pipe 1668 1711 +43 pseudo_exec_argv 312 321 +9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 2/0 up/down: 52/0) Total: 52 bytes Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2017-04-17Spelling fixes in comments, documentation, tests and examplesDenys Vlasenko
By klemens <ka7@github.com> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2017-03-23paste: new appletMaxime Coste
function old new delta paste_main - 493 +493 packed_usage 31019 31070 +51 applet_names 2569 2575 +6 applet_main 1484 1488 +4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (add/remove: 2/0 grow/shrink: 3/0 up/down: 554/0) Total: 554 bytes Signed-off-by: Maxime Coste <mawww@kakoune.org> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2017-01-26libbb: spawn_and_wait() fflushes before forking NOEXEC; child reinits logmodeDenys Vlasenko
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2017-01-26link: new appletDenys Vlasenko
coreutils grew itself a tiny simplistic alternative to ln: Usage: link FILE LINK Create hard LINK to FILE function old new delta link_main - 75 +75 packed_usage 31114 31131 +17 applet_names 2564 2569 +5 applet_main 1480 1484 +4 applet_install_loc 185 186 +1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (add/remove: 1/0 grow/shrink: 4/0 up/down: 102/0) Total: 102 bytes Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2016-08-22docs: Update filenames in keep_data_small.txtKang-Che Sung
The filenames in docs/keep_data_small.txt are a little bit outdated. It's better to change it to the current name. decompress_unzip.c -> decompress_gunzip.c (since commit 774bce8e8ba1e424c953e8f13aee8f0778c8a911) libbb/messages.c -> libbb/ptr_to_globals.c (since commit 574f2f43948bb21d6e4187936ba5a5afccba25f6) Signed-off-by: Kang-Che Sung <explorer09@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2016-07-05build system: fix a few warnings for allnoconfig buildDenys Vlasenko
Not that allnoconfig build is useful in any way... Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2016-02-01dd: support iflag=skip_bytesRafał Miłecki
It allows specifying amount of bytes directly (not only amount of blocks) is also supported by GNU's Coreutils. function old new delta parse_comma_flags - 93 +93 static.iflag_words - 12 +12 dd_main 1569 1580 +11 packed_usage 30591 30600 +9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (add/remove: 2/0 grow/shrink: 2/0 up/down: 125/0) Total: 125 bytes Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2015-05-25typo fixesManinder Singh
Signed-off-by: Maninder Singh <maninder1.s@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2014-11-04zcip: Add environment variable for overriding log functionalityMichel Stam
function old new delta bb_logenv_override - 70 +70 packed_usage 29969 30033 +64 zcip_main 1426 1431 +5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (add/remove: 2/0 grow/shrink: 2/0 up/down: 139/0) Total: 139 bytes Signed-off-by: Michel Stam <m.stam@fugro.nl> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2014-06-22unit-tests: implement the unit-testing frameworkBartosz Golaszewski
This set of patches adds a simple unit-testing framework to Busybox unit-tests: add some helper macros for unit-test framework implementation unit-tests: implement the unit-testing framework unit-tests: add basic documentation on writing the unit test cases unit-tests: modify the Makefile 'test' target to run unit-tests too unit-tests: add two example test cases unit-tests: modify the existing strrstr test code to use the unit-test framework Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartekgola@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2014-05-02libbb: rename execable -> executable. No code changesDenys Vlasenko
English speakers complained that it sounded awfully broken. Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2014-03-17docs/new-applet-HOWTO.txt: tweak a bitDenys Vlasenko
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2014-03-16docs: update new-applet-HOWTO.txtBartosz Golaszewski
This patch adds some information about the gen_build_files.sh script and how it allows to keep the Kbuild, Config.in etc. declarations in .c files. Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartekgola@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2014-01-13docs: tweak keep_data_small.txtDenys Vlasenko
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2013-10-16bloat-o-meter: add usage infoBartosz Golaszewski
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartekgola@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2013-09-17Documentation updateDenys Vlasenko
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2013-07-30Whitespace fixesDenys Vlasenko
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2013-07-27Update docs/tcp.txtDenys Vlasenko
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2013-07-25Add notes about TCP programming quirks.Denys Vlasenko
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2013-02-26mdev: add environment variable matchDenys Vlasenko
function old new delta make_device 1998 2189 +191 clean_up_cur_rule 61 96 +35 dirAction 75 87 +12 mdev_main 838 849 +11 packed_usage 29272 29273 +1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 5/0 up/down: 250/0) Total: 250 bytes Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2012-03-06update seamless uncompression codeDenys Vlasenko
This change makes "tar tf hello_world.txz" work without adding special-casing for ".txz" extension. It also removes ever-growing magic checking code in rpm2cpio and get_header_tar - we reuse one which lives in setup_unzip_on_fd. function old new delta unpack_gz_stream 7 566 +559 check_signature16 - 70 +70 setup_unzip_on_fd 99 142 +43 handle_SIGCHLD - 41 +41 unpack_bz2_stream 342 376 +34 unzip_main 2352 2385 +33 bbunpack 503 533 +30 open_transformer 74 102 +28 unpack_Z_stream 1278 1304 +26 unpack_gunzip 101 123 +22 init_transformer_aux_data - 18 +18 unpack_xz_stream 2388 2402 +14 open_zipped 131 141 +10 rpm_main 1358 1363 +5 get_header_tar_lzma 52 57 +5 get_header_tar_bz2 52 57 +5 unpack_lzma_stream 2698 2702 +4 hash_find 234 233 -1 get_header_tar 1759 1733 -26 get_header_tar_gz 92 57 -35 unpack_uncompress 51 12 -39 rpm2cpio_main 201 147 -54 unpack_unxz 67 12 -55 unpack_bz2_stream_prime 55 - -55 get_header_tar_Z 86 - -86 unpack_gz_stream_with_info 539 - -539 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (add/remove: 3/3 grow/shrink: 14/6 up/down: 947/-890) Total: 57 bytes Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2012-03-06archival/libarchive/decompress_unzip.c -> decompress_gunzip.c. no code changesDenys Vlasenko
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2011-10-22getty,login: tighten up handling of ctty, pgrp, and tty attr restoring on ↵Denys Vlasenko
timeout Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2011-10-21docs/ctty.htm: add a useful URL toDenys Vlasenko
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2011-09-19mdev: expand --help so that it's actually useful.Denys Vlasenko
function old new delta packed_usage 28634 28822 +188 Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2011-07-08typo fixesDan Fandrich
Signed-off-by: Dan Fandrich <dan@coneharvesters.com> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2011-05-29fix !ENABLE_FEATURE_GETOPT_LONG build. Closes 3775Denys Vlasenko
When compiling with !ENABLE_FEATURE_GETOPT_LONG, busybox still tries to include getopt.h which is not available; for example with uClibc when !UCLIBC_HAS_GETOPT_LONG. getopt.h is only required for the _long set of functions. Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2011-04-16small fixes atop syslog config patchDenys Vlasenko
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2011-03-06.gitignore: add missing ignoresBjørn Forsman
Ignore output files created by "make defconfig; make". Signed-off-by: Bjørn Forsman <bjorn.forsman@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2011-02-02hush: use FEATURE_SH_NOFORK to enable NOFORK trickDenys Vlasenko
Also expands docs Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2011-01-18mass removal of underscores from _BB_DIR_foo and _BB_SUID_fooDenys Vlasenko
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2010-11-03rename archival/libunarchive -> archival/libarchive; move bz/ into itDenys Vlasenko
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2010-10-28scripts: remove bitrotted scripts/individualDenys Vlasenko
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2010-10-28update docs/new-applet-HOWTO.txtHolger Blasum
Signed-off-by: Holger Blasum <hbl@sysgo.com> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2010-10-24finish busybox.1 renamingDenys Vlasenko
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2010-10-24English fixes to docs/smallint.txtDenys Vlasenko
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2010-10-24adding docs/smallint.txtDenys Vlasenko
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2010-10-17docs: Sync up AUTHORS and busybox_footer.podKevin Cernekee
Signed-off-by: Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2010-10-17docs: Change CVS references to GitKevin Cernekee
Signed-off-by: Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2010-08-16*: make GNU licensing statement forms more regularDenys Vlasenko
This change retains "or later" state! No licensing _changes_ here, only form is adjusted (article, space between "GPL" and "v2" and so on). Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2010-08-16*: fix "see file License ..." - the file is named LICENSE (in uppercase)Denys Vlasenko
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2010-08-11Remove some more mentions of SubversionDan Fandrich
Signed-off-by: Dan Fandrich <dan@coneharvesters.com> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2010-07-29doc: remove trailing empty lineBernhard Reutner-Fischer
Signed-off-by: Bernhard Reutner-Fischer <rep.dot.nop@gmail.com>
2010-07-26*: s/spaces/tabs/Denys Vlasenko
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>