Re: [gentoo-dev] busybox prep

[Ned Ludd <solar@gentoo.org>]

On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 22:46 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> could people update and try out busybox-1.00-r4 ?  i finally stopped being 
> lazy and ported all the utils from upstream busybox into 1.00-r4 ...
> 
> once you emerge it, you'll be left with /bin/bb which is now your fun rescue 
> shell ... simply execute `bb` and you're all set to go !

I find it a little strange that you implemented bb to call ash_main. Was
the reason for this due to being unable to pass parms to the linux
kernel init command line? init="/bin/bb sh" ?
/bin/bb on uClinux for example is /bin/busybox but renamed. Seems
logical to me to stick with the same logic.

You ripped out syslogd/udhcpd/login/logger/httpd/watchdog (this makes my
life harder then need be. Infact I want to cry)
Please don't say USE=savedconfig.. I know it exists. I wrote it for
other ppl to use an option to get a slimmed down. Not myself.

> for a list of commands implemented, just run `busybox`

Strange again.. More so if your libc is whats screwed and your trying to
recover that. Only way a user is to know what applets are there is by
running /bin/busybox  from the command line before the system got 
screwed. Granted anything they will call while in the asm_main if it
exists it will call it unless they 

Sorry but I do not like what this bb change would do to the default
deployment of busybox and would prefer to keep the default closer to
what allsysconfig is supposed todo.

-crond (key)
-crontab
-dc
-dpkg
-dumpleases (kinda key if you use udhcpd)
-fold
-ftpget
-ftpput
-httpd (key)
-hush
-inetd
-install
-ipcalc
-klogd (key)
-lash
-logger (key)
-login (key)
-logname
-logread
-msh
-od
-rpm
-rpm2cpio
-run-parts
-sulogin
-syslogd (key)
-telnetd (key)
-tftp
-udhcpd (key)
-uudecode
-uuencode
-watchdog (key)

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Ned Ludd <solar@gentoo.org>

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