From 92c0b8222eb50dd35c06e2f1265706b388762234 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Denis Vlasenko Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 17:27:17 +0000 Subject: tail: fix SEGV on "tail -N" config system: clarify PREFER_APPLETS/SH_STANDALONE effects in help text --- Config.in | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Config.in') diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in index 94ed109cb..a04e11b5c 100644 --- a/Config.in +++ b/Config.in @@ -244,8 +244,13 @@ config FEATURE_PREFER_APPLETS help This is an experimental option which directs applets about to call 'exec' to try and find an applicable busybox applet before - searching the PATH. This may affect shell, find -exec, xargs and - similar programs. + searching the PATH. This is typically done by exec'ing + /proc/self/exe. + This may affect shell, find -exec, xargs and similar applets. + They will use applets even if /bin/ -> busybox link + is missing (or is not a link to busybox). However, this causes + problems in chroot jails without mounted /proc and with ps/top + (command name can be shown as 'exe' for applets started this way). config BUSYBOX_EXEC_PATH string "Path to BusyBox executable" -- cgit v1.2.3