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authorNicolas Thill <nico@openwrt.org>2009-05-25 13:52:31 +0000
committerNicolas Thill <nico@openwrt.org>2009-05-25 13:52:31 +0000
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busybox: update to v1.12.4 (partially closes: #4279)
SVN-Revision: 16053
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-rw-r--r--package/busybox/config/Config.in98
-rw-r--r--package/busybox/config/archival/Config.in167
-rw-r--r--package/busybox/config/console-tools/Config.in12
-rw-r--r--package/busybox/config/coreutils/Config.in42
-rw-r--r--package/busybox/config/debianutils/Config.in4
-rw-r--r--package/busybox/config/e2fsprogs/Config.in2
-rw-r--r--package/busybox/config/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/Config.in2
-rw-r--r--package/busybox/config/editors/Config.in14
-rw-r--r--package/busybox/config/findutils/Config.in4
-rw-r--r--package/busybox/config/init/Config.in6
-rw-r--r--package/busybox/config/libbb/Config.in2
-rw-r--r--package/busybox/config/loginutils/Config.in26
-rw-r--r--package/busybox/config/miscutils/Config.in41
-rw-r--r--package/busybox/config/modutils/Config.in72
-rw-r--r--package/busybox/config/networking/Config.in60
-rw-r--r--package/busybox/config/procps/Config.in6
-rw-r--r--package/busybox/config/shell/Config.in38
-rw-r--r--package/busybox/config/sysklogd/Config.in20
-rw-r--r--package/busybox/config/util-linux/Config.in137
19 files changed, 416 insertions, 337 deletions
diff --git a/package/busybox/config/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/Config.in
index 62b80d6e3b..73e8792550 100644
--- a/package/busybox/config/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/config/Config.in
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DESKTOP
Select this only if you plan to use busybox on full-blown
desktop machine with common Linux distro, not on an embedded box.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_EXTRA_COMPAT
+ bool "Provide compatible behavior for rare corner cases (bigger code)"
+ default n
+ help
+ This option makes grep, sed etc handle rare corner cases
+ (embedded NUL bytes and such). This makes code bigger and uses
+ some GNU extensions in libc. You probably only need this option
+ if you plan to run busybox on desktop.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_ASSUME_UNICODE
bool "Assume that 1:1 char/glyph correspondence is not true"
default n
@@ -39,7 +48,7 @@ choice
There are 3 ways BusyBox can handle buffer allocations:
- Use malloc. This costs code size for the call to xmalloc.
- Put them on stack. For some very small machines with limited stack
- space, this can be deadly. For most folks, this works just fine.
+ space, this can be deadly. For most folks, this works just fine.
- Put them in BSS. This works beautifully for computers with a real
MMU (and OS support), but wastes runtime RAM for uCLinux. This
behavior was the only one available for BusyBox versions 0.48 and
@@ -71,8 +80,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_VERBOSE_USAGE
select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SHOW_USAGE
help
All BusyBox applets will show more verbose help messages when
- busybox is invoked with --help. This will add a lot of text to the
- busybox binary. In the default configuration, this will add about
+ busybox is invoked with --help. This will add a lot of text to the
+ busybox binary. In the default configuration, this will add about
13k, but it can add much more depending on your configuration.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_COMPRESS_USAGE
@@ -85,15 +94,15 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_COMPRESS_USAGE
If you have a really tiny busybox with few applets enabled (and
bunzip2 isn't one of them), the overhead of the decompressor might
- be noticeable. Also, if you run executables directly from ROM
- and have very little memory, this might not be a win. Otherwise,
+ be noticeable. Also, if you run executables directly from ROM
+ and have very little memory, this might not be a win. Otherwise,
you probably want this.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INSTALLER
bool "Support --install [-s] to install applet links at runtime"
default n
help
- Enable 'busybox --install [-s]' support. This will allow you to use
+ Enable 'busybox --install [-s]' support. This will allow you to use
busybox at runtime to create hard links or symlinks for all the
applets that are compiled into busybox.
@@ -117,7 +126,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DEVPTS
help
Enable if you want BusyBox to use Unix98 PTY support. If enabled,
busybox will use /dev/ptmx for the master side of the pseudoterminal
- and /dev/pts/<number> for the slave side. Otherwise, BSD style
+ and /dev/pts/<number> for the slave side. Otherwise, BSD style
/dev/ttyp<number> will be used. To use this option, you should have
devpts mounted.
@@ -126,7 +135,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP
default n
help
As a size optimization, busybox normally exits without explicitly
- freeing dynamically allocated memory or closing files. This saves
+ 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.
@@ -151,7 +160,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
If you're really paranoid and don't want to do this, build two
busybox binaries with different applets in them (and the appropriate
symlinks pointing to each binary), and only set the suid bit on the
- one that needs it. The applets currently marked to need the suid bit
+ one that needs it. The applets currently marked to need the suid bit
are login, passwd, su, ping, traceroute, crontab, dnsd, ipcrm, ipcs,
and vlock.
@@ -161,7 +170,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID_CONFIG
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
help
Allow the SUID / SGID state of an applet to be determined at runtime
- by checking /etc/busybox.conf. (This is sort of a poor man's sudo.)
+ by checking /etc/busybox.conf. (This is sort of a poor man's sudo.)
The format of this file is as follows:
<applet> = [Ssx-][Ssx-][x-] (<username>|<uid>).(<groupname>|<gid>)
@@ -169,11 +178,12 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID_CONFIG
An example might help:
[SUID]
- su = ssx root.0 # applet su can be run by anyone and runs with euid=0/egid=0
+ su = ssx root.0 # applet su can be run by anyone and runs with
+ # euid=0/egid=0
su = ssx # exactly the same
- mount = sx- root.disk # applet mount can be run by root and members of group disk
- # and runs with euid=0
+ mount = sx- root.disk # applet mount can be run by root and members
+ # of group disk and runs with euid=0
cp = --- # disable applet cp for everyone
@@ -192,14 +202,15 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID_CONFIG_QUIET
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID_CONFIG
help
- /etc/busybox.conf should be readable by the user needing the SUID, check
- this option to avoid users to be notified about missing permissions.
+ /etc/busybox.conf should be readable by the user needing the SUID,
+ check this option to avoid users to be notified about missing
+ permissions.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SELINUX
bool "Support NSA Security Enhanced Linux"
default n
help
- Enable support for SELinux in applets ls, ps, and id. Also provide
+ 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
@@ -234,9 +245,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUSYBOX_EXEC_PATH
default "/proc/self/exe"
help
When Busybox applets need to run other busybox applets, BusyBox
- sometimes needs to exec() itself. When the /proc filesystem is
+ sometimes needs to exec() itself. When the /proc filesystem is
mounted, /proc/self/exe always points to the currently running
- executable. If you haven't got /proc, set this to wherever you
+ executable. If you haven't got /proc, set this to wherever you
want to run BusyBox from.
# These are auto-selected by other options
@@ -303,7 +314,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX
busybox code.
This feature allows every applet to be built as a tiny
- separate executable. Enabling it for "one big busybox binary"
+ separate executable. Enabling it for "one big busybox binary"
approach serves no purpose and increases code size.
You should almost certainly say "no" to this.
@@ -320,7 +331,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX
### standalone application which uses libbusybox say 'Y'.
###
### Note: libbusybox is GPL, not LGPL, and exports no stable API that
-### might act as a copyright barrier. We can and will modify the
+### might act as a copyright barrier. We can and will modify the
### exported function set between releases (even minor version number
### changes), and happily break out-of-tree features.
###
@@ -329,7 +340,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INDIVIDUAL
bool "Produce a binary for each applet, linked against libbusybox"
default n
- depends on !BUSYBOX_CONFIG_STATIC && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX
help
If your CPU architecture doesn't allow for sharing text/rodata
sections of running binaries, but allows for runtime dynamic
@@ -347,7 +358,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INDIVIDUAL
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SHARED_BUSYBOX
bool "Produce additional busybox binary linked against libbusybox"
default n
- depends on !BUSYBOX_CONFIG_STATIC && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX
help
Build busybox, dynamically linked against libbusybox.so.N.N.N.
@@ -378,11 +389,11 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LFS
select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FDISK_SUPPORT_LARGE_DISKS
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
+ 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'.
+ 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 BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILER_PREFIX
string "Cross Compiler prefix"
@@ -403,20 +414,20 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEBUG
default n
help
Say Y here if you wish to examine BusyBox internals while applets are
- running. This increases the size of the binary considerably, and
- should only be used when doing development. If you are doing
+ running. This increases the size of the binary considerably, and
+ should only be used when doing development. If you are doing
development and want to debug BusyBox, answer Y.
Most people should answer N.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEBUG_PESSIMIZE
- bool "Disable compiler optimizations."
+ bool "Disable compiler optimizations"
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEBUG
help
The compiler's optimization of source code can eliminate and reorder
code, resulting in an executable that's hard to understand when
- stepping through it with a debugger. This switches it off, resulting
+ stepping through it with a debugger. This switches it off, resulting
in a much bigger executable that more closely matches the source
code.
@@ -433,27 +444,28 @@ choice
default BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NO_DEBUG_LIB
help
Using an additional debugging library will make BusyBox become
- considerable larger and will cause it to run more slowly. You
+ considerable larger and will cause it to run more slowly. You
should always leave this option disabled for production use.
dmalloc support:
----------------
This enables compiling with dmalloc ( http://dmalloc.com/ )
which is an excellent public domain mem leak and malloc problem
- detector. To enable dmalloc, before running busybox you will
+ detector. To enable dmalloc, before running busybox you will
want to properly set your environment, for example:
export DMALLOC_OPTIONS=debug=0x34f47d83,inter=100,log=logfile
The 'debug=' value is generated using the following command
- dmalloc -p log-stats -p log-non-free -p log-bad-space -p log-elapsed-time \
- -p check-fence -p check-heap -p check-lists -p check-blank \
- -p check-funcs -p realloc-copy -p allow-free-null
+ dmalloc -p log-stats -p log-non-free -p log-bad-space \
+ -p log-elapsed-time -p check-fence -p check-heap \
+ -p check-lists -p check-blank -p check-funcs -p realloc-copy \
+ -p allow-free-null
Electric-fence support:
-----------------------
- This enables compiling with Electric-fence support. Electric
+ This enables compiling with Electric-fence support. Electric
fence is another very useful malloc debugging library which uses
your computer's virtual memory hardware to detect illegal memory
- accesses. This support will make BusyBox be considerable larger
+ accesses. This support will make BusyBox be considerable larger
and run slower, so you should leave this option disabled unless
you are hunting a hard to find memory problem.
@@ -475,9 +487,12 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INCLUDE_SUSv2
help
This option will enable backwards compatibility with SuSv2,
specifically, old-style numeric options ('command -1 <file>')
- will be supported in head, tail, and fold. (Note: should
+ will be supported in head, tail, and fold. (Note: should
affect renice too.)
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PARSE
+ bool "Uniform config file parser debugging applet: parse"
+
endmenu
menu 'Installation Options'
@@ -505,8 +520,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSTALL_APPLET_SYMLINKS
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSTALL_APPLET_HARDLINKS
bool "as hard-links"
help
- Install applets as hard-links to the busybox binary. This might count
- on a filesystem with few inodes.
+ Install applets as hard-links to the busybox binary. This might
+ count on a filesystem with few inodes.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSTALL_APPLET_SCRIPT_WRAPPERS
bool "as script wrappers"
@@ -542,7 +557,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSTALL_SH_APPLET_HARDLINK
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSTALL_SH_APPLET_SCRIPT_WRAPPER
bool "as script wrapper"
help
- Install /bin/sh applet as script wrapper that call the busybox binary.
+ Install /bin/sh applet as script wrapper that call the busybox
+ binary.
endchoice
diff --git a/package/busybox/config/archival/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/archival/Config.in
index d6120b7b26..3fd0fb96b8 100644
--- a/package/busybox/config/archival/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/config/archival/Config.in
@@ -5,12 +5,36 @@
menu "Archival Utilities"
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_LZMA
+ bool "Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .lzma data"
+ default n
+ help
+ Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .lzma data.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_BZ2
+ bool "Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .bz2 data"
+ default y
+ help
+ Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .bz2 data.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_GZ
+ bool "Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .gz data"
+ default y
+ help
+ Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .gz data.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_Z
+ bool "Make tar and gunzip understand .Z data"
+ default n
+ help
+ Make tar and gunzip understand .Z data.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_AR
bool "ar"
default n
help
ar is an archival utility program used to create, modify, and
- extract contents from archives. An archive is a single file holding
+ extract contents from archives. An archive is a single file holding
a collection of other files in a structure that makes it possible to
retrieve the original individual files (called archive members).
The original files' contents, mode (permissions), timestamp, owner,
@@ -33,8 +57,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_AR_LONG_FILENAMES
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_AR
help
- By default the ar format can only store the first 15 characters of the
- filename, this option removes that limitation.
+ By default the ar format can only store the first 15 characters of
+ the filename, this option removes that limitation.
It supports the GNU ar long filename method which moves multiple long
filenames into a the data section of a new ar entry.
@@ -43,7 +67,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUNZIP2
default y
help
bunzip2 is a compression utility using the Burrows-Wheeler block
- sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression
+ sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression
is generally considerably better than that achieved by more
conventional LZ77/LZ78-based compressors, and approaches the
performance of the PPM family of statistical compressors.
@@ -53,10 +77,10 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUNZIP2
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BZIP2
bool "bzip2"
- default n
+ default y
help
bzip2 is a compression utility using the Burrows-Wheeler block
- sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression
+ sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression
is generally considerably better than that achieved by more
conventional LZ77/LZ78-based compressors, and approaches the
performance of the PPM family of statistical compressors.
@@ -68,15 +92,15 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CPIO
bool "cpio"
default n
help
- cpio is an archival utility program used to create, modify, and extract
- contents from archives.
+ cpio is an archival utility program used to create, modify, and
+ extract contents from archives.
cpio has 110 bytes of overheads for every stored file.
This implementation of cpio can extract cpio archives created in the
"newc" or "crc" format, it cannot create or modify them.
- Unless you have a specific application which requires cpio, you should
- probably say N here.
+ Unless you have a specific application which requires cpio, you
+ should probably say N here.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_CPIO_O
bool "Support for archive creation"
@@ -90,30 +114,33 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG
bool "dpkg"
default n
help
- dpkg is a medium-level tool to install, build, remove and manage Debian packages.
+ dpkg is a medium-level tool to install, build, remove and manage
+ Debian packages.
- This implementation of dpkg has a number of limitations, you should use the
- official dpkg if possible.
+ This implementation of dpkg has a number of limitations,
+ you should use the official dpkg if possible.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG_DEB
bool "dpkg_deb"
default n
help
- dpkg-deb packs, unpacks and provides information about Debian archives.
+ dpkg-deb packs, unpacks and provides information about Debian
+ archives.
This implementation of dpkg-deb cannot pack archives.
- Unless you have a specific application which requires dpkg-deb, you should
- probably say N here.
+ Unless you have a specific application which requires dpkg-deb,
+ say N here.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DPKG_DEB_EXTRACT_ONLY
bool "Extract only (-x)"
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG_DEB
help
- This reduces dpkg-deb to the equivalent of "ar -p <deb> data.tar.gz | tar -zx".
- However it saves space as none of the extra dpkg-deb, ar or tar options are
- needed, they are linked to internally.
+ This reduces dpkg-deb to the equivalent of
+ "ar -p <deb> data.tar.gz | tar -zx". However it saves space as none
+ of the extra dpkg-deb, ar or tar options are needed, they are linked
+ to internally.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GUNZIP
bool "gunzip"
@@ -123,15 +150,6 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GUNZIP
You can use the `-t' option to test the integrity of
an archive, without decompressing it.
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_GUNZIP_UNCOMPRESS
- bool "Uncompress support"
- default y
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GUNZIP
- help
- Enable if you want gunzip to have the ability to decompress
- archives created by the program compress (not much
- used anymore).
-
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GZIP
bool "gzip"
default y
@@ -151,13 +169,6 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RPM
help
Mini RPM applet - queries and extracts RPM packages.
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_RPM_BZ2
- bool "Enable handling of rpms with bzip2-compressed data inside"
- default n
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RPM
- help
- Enable handling of rpms with bzip2-compressed data inside.
-
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
bool "tar"
default y
@@ -166,6 +177,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
create compressed archives. It's probably the most widely used
UNIX archive program.
+if TAR
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_CREATE
bool "Enable archive creation"
default y
@@ -174,45 +187,13 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_CREATE
If you enable this option you'll be able to create
tar archives using the `-c' option.
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_GZIP
- bool "Enable -z option"
- default y
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
- help
- If you enable this option tar will be able to call gzip,
- when creating or extracting tar gziped archives.
-
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_BZIP2
- bool "Enable -j option to handle .tar.bz2 files"
- default y
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
- help
- If you enable this option you'll be able to extract
- archives compressed with bzip2.
-
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_LZMA
- bool "Enable -a option to handle .tar.lzma files"
- default n
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
- help
- If you enable this option you'll be able to extract
- archives compressed with lzma.
-
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_COMPRESS
- bool "Enable -Z option"
- default n
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
- help
- If you enable this option tar will be able to call uncompress,
- when extracting .tar.Z archives.
-
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_AUTODETECT
- bool "Let tar autodetect gz/bz2 compresses tarballs"
+ bool "Autodetect gz/bz2 compressed tarballs"
default n
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_GZIP || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_BZIP2
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_Z || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_GZ || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_BZ2 || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_LZMA
help
With this option tar can automatically detect gzip/bzip2 compressed
- tarballs. Currently it works only on seekable streams.
+ tarballs. Currently it works only on files (not pipes etc).
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_FROM
bool "Enable -X (exclude from) and -T (include from) options)"
@@ -237,8 +218,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_OLDSUN_COMPATIBILITY
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
help
This option is required to unpack archives created by some old
- version of Sun's tar (it was calculating checksum using signed arithmetic).
- It is said to be fixed in newer Sun tar, but "old" tarballs still exist.
+ version of Sun's tar (it was calculating checksum using signed
+ arithmetic). It is said to be fixed in newer Sun tar, but "old"
+ tarballs still exist.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_GNU_EXTENSIONS
bool "Support for GNU tar extensions (long filenames)"
@@ -264,6 +246,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_UNAME_GNAME
listings (-t) and preserving permissions when unpacking (-p).
+200 bytes.
+endif #tar
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UNCOMPRESS
bool "uncompress"
default n
@@ -276,7 +260,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UNLZMA
default n
help
unlzma is a compression utility using the Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain
- compression algorithm, and range coding. Compression
+ compression algorithm, and range coding. Compression
is generally considerably better than that achieved by the bzip2
compressors.
@@ -304,41 +288,4 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UNZIP
current directory. Use the `-d' option to extract to a
directory of your choice.
-comment "Common options for cpio and tar"
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CPIO || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
-
-comment "Common options for dpkg and dpkg_deb"
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG_DEB
-
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DEB_TAR_GZ
- bool "gzip debian packages (normal)"
- default n if BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG_DEB
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG_DEB
- help
- This is the default compression method inside the debian ar file.
-
- If you want compatibility with standard .deb's you should say yes here.
-
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DEB_TAR_BZ2
- bool "bzip2 debian packages"
- default n
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG_DEB
- help
- This allows dpkg and dpkg-deb to extract deb's that are compressed internally
- with bzip2 instead of gzip.
-
- You only want this if you are creating your own custom debian packages that
- use an internal control.tar.bz2 or data.tar.bz2.
-
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DEB_TAR_LZMA
- bool "lzma debian packages"
- default n
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG_DEB
- help
- This allows dpkg and dpkg-deb to extract deb's that are compressed
- internally with lzma instead of gzip.
-
- You only want this if you are creating your own custom debian
- packages that use an internal control.tar.lzma or data.tar.lzma.
-
endmenu
diff --git a/package/busybox/config/console-tools/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/console-tools/Config.in
index 7f0764fbfe..02fcef49fc 100644
--- a/package/busybox/config/console-tools/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/config/console-tools/Config.in
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SETCONSOLE_LONG_OPTIONS
help
Support long options for the setconsole applet.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SETFONT
+ bool "setfont"
+ default n
+ help
+ Allows to load console screen map. Useful for i18n.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SETKEYCODES
bool "setkeycodes"
default n
@@ -108,4 +114,10 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SETLOGCONS
help
This program redirects the output console of kernel messages.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SHOWKEY
+ bool "showkey"
+ default n
+ help
+ Shows keys pressed.
+
endmenu
diff --git a/package/busybox/config/coreutils/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/coreutils/Config.in
index 53fb74a795..93f10e38b1 100644
--- a/package/busybox/config/coreutils/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/config/coreutils/Config.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BASENAME
default y
help
basename is used to strip the directory and suffix from filenames,
- leaving just the filename itself. Enable this option if you wish
+ leaving just the filename itself. Enable this option if you wish
to enable the 'basename' utility.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CAL
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CAT
default y
help
cat is used to concatenate files and print them to the standard
- output. Enable this option if you wish to enable the 'cat' utility.
+ output. Enable this option if you wish to enable the 'cat' utility.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CATV
bool "catv"
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DD_SIGNAL_HANDLING
print to standard error the number of records read and written
so far, then to resume copying.
- $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null& pid=$! $ kill -USR1 $pid; sleep 1; kill $pid
+ $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null&
+ $ pid=$! kill -USR1 $pid; sleep 1; kill $pid
10899206+0 records in 10899206+0 records out
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_EXPR_MATH_SUPPORT_64
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_EXPR
help
- Enable 64-bit math support in the expr applet. This will make
+ Enable 64-bit math support in the expr applet. This will make
the applet slightly larger, but will allow computation with very
large numbers.
@@ -509,18 +510,33 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SHA1SUM
Compute and check SHA1 message digest
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SLEEP
- bool "sleep (single integer arg with no suffix)"
+ bool "sleep"
default y
help
- sleep is used to pause for a specified number of seconds,
+ sleep is used to pause for a specified number of seconds.
+ It comes in 3 versions:
+ - small: takes one integer parameter
+ - fancy: takes multiple integer arguments with suffixes:
+ sleep 1d 2h 3m 15s
+ - fancy with fractional numbers:
+ sleep 2.3s 4.5h sleeps for 16202.3 seconds
+ Last one is "the most compatible" with coreutils sleep,
+ but it adds around 1k of code.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_SLEEP
- bool "Enable multiple integer args and optional time suffixes"
+ bool "Enable multiple arguments and s/m/h/d suffixes"
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SLEEP
help
Allow sleep to pause for specified minutes, hours, and days.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FLOAT_SLEEP
+ bool "Enable fractional arguments"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_SLEEP
+ help
+ Allow for fractional numeric parameters.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SORT
bool "sort"
default y
@@ -532,9 +548,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SORT_BIG
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SORT
help
- Without this, sort only supports -r, -u, and an integer version
- of -n. Selecting this adds sort keys, floating point support, and
- more. This adds a little over 3k to a nonstatic build on x86.
+ Without this, sort only supports -r, -u, and an integer version
+ of -n. Selecting this adds sort keys, floating point support, and
+ more. This adds a little over 3k to a nonstatic build on x86.
The SuSv3 sort standard is available at:
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/utilities/sort.html
@@ -566,7 +582,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_STAT_FORMAT
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_STAT
help
Without this, stat will not support the '-c format' option where
- users can pass a custom format string for output. This adds about
+ users can pass a custom format string for output. This adds about
7k to a nonstatic build on amd64.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_STTY
@@ -627,7 +643,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TEST
default y
help
test is used to check file types and compare values,
- returning an appropriate exit code. The bash shell
+ returning an appropriate exit code. The bash shell
has test built in, ash can build it in optionally.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TEST_64
@@ -738,7 +754,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_WC_LARGE
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_WC
help
- Use "unsigned long long" in wc for count variables
+ Use "unsigned long long" in wc for count variables.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_WHO
bool "who"
diff --git a/package/busybox/config/debianutils/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/debianutils/Config.in
index bc37c15fbe..b2118c8630 100644
--- a/package/busybox/config/debianutils/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/config/debianutils/Config.in
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RUN_PARTS
It is useful to set up a directory like cron.daily, where you need to
execute all the scripts in that directory.
- In this implementation of run-parts some features (such as report mode)
- are not implemented.
+ In this implementation of run-parts some features (such as report
+ mode) are not implemented.
Unless you know that run-parts is used in some of your scripts
you can safely say N here.
diff --git a/package/busybox/config/e2fsprogs/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/e2fsprogs/Config.in
index 50a073e120..e0e2c1ec38 100644
--- a/package/busybox/config/e2fsprogs/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/config/e2fsprogs/Config.in
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LSATTR
### bool "mke2fs"
### default n
### help
-### mke2fs is used to create an ext2/ext3 filesystem. The normal compat
+### mke2fs is used to create an ext2/ext3 filesystem. The normal compat
### symlinks 'mkfs.ext2' and 'mkfs.ext3' are also provided.
### config TUNE2FS
diff --git a/package/busybox/config/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/Config.in
index e9ef3dc041..0b7ce4d107 100644
--- a/package/busybox/config/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/config/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/Config.in
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MKE2FS
bool "mke2fs"
default n
help
- mke2fs is used to create an ext2/ext3 filesystem. The normal compat
+ mke2fs is used to create an ext2/ext3 filesystem. The normal compat
symlinks 'mkfs.ext2' and 'mkfs.ext3' are also provided.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TUNE2FS
diff --git a/package/busybox/config/editors/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/editors/Config.in
index 4f69381a9d..fd1da4b37e 100644
--- a/package/busybox/config/editors/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/config/editors/Config.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_AWK
bool "awk"
default y
help
- Awk is used as a pattern scanning and processing language. This is
+ Awk is used as a pattern scanning and processing language. This is
the BusyBox implementation of that programming language.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_AWK_MATH
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ED
default n
help
The original 1970's Unix text editor, from the days of teletypes.
- Small, simple, evil. Part of SUSv3. If you're not already using
+ Small, simple, evil. Part of SUSv3. If you're not already using
this, you don't need it.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PATCH
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_VI
bool "vi"
default y
help
- 'vi' is a text editor. More specifically, it is the One True
- text editor <grin>. It does, however, have a rather steep
- learning curve. If you are not already comfortable with 'vi'
+ 'vi' is a text editor. More specifically, it is the One True
+ text editor <grin>. It does, however, have a rather steep
+ learning curve. If you are not already comfortable with 'vi'
you may wish to use something else.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_MAX_LEN
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_COLON
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_VI
help
- Enable a limited set of colon commands for vi. This does not
+ Enable a limited set of colon commands for vi. This does not
provide an "ex" mode.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_YANKMARK
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_USE_SIGNALS
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_VI
help
- Selecting this option will make busybox vi signal aware. This will
+ Selecting this option will make busybox vi signal aware. This will
make busybox vi support SIGWINCH to deal with Window Changes, catch
Ctrl-Z and Ctrl-C and alarms.
diff --git a/package/busybox/config/findutils/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/findutils/Config.in
index 047755526a..54ef44e178 100644
--- a/package/busybox/config/findutils/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/config/findutils/Config.in
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FIND_PRINT0
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FIND
help
Causes output names to be separated by a null character
- rather than a newline. This allows names that contain
+ rather than a newline. This allows names that contain
newlines and other whitespace to be more easily
interpreted by other programs.
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_GREP_EGREP_ALIAS
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GREP
help
- Enabled support for extended regular expressions. Extended
+ Enabled support for extended regular expressions. Extended
regular expressions allow for alternation (foo|bar), grouping,
and various repetition operators.
diff --git a/package/busybox/config/init/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/init/Config.in
index 6e3bf9dddd..07f6fae780 100644
--- a/package/busybox/config/init/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/config/init/Config.in
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_COREDUMPS
help
If this option is enabled and the file /.init_enable_core
exists, then init will call setrlimit() to allow unlimited
- core file sizes. If this option is disabled, processes
+ core file sizes. If this option is disabled, processes
will not generate any core files.
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INITRD
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INIT
help
- Legacy support for running init under the old-style initrd. Allows
+ Legacy support for running init under the old-style initrd. Allows
the name linuxrc to act as init, and it doesn't assume init is PID 1.
This does not apply to initramfs, which runs /init as PID 1 and
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MESG
bool "mesg"
default y
help
- Mesg controls access to your terminal by others. It is typically
+ Mesg controls access to your terminal by others. It is typically
used to allow or disallow other users to write to your terminal
endmenu
diff --git a/package/busybox/config/libbb/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/libbb/Config.in
index 879abf0f63..e456dd8e75 100644
--- a/package/busybox/config/libbb/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/config/libbb/Config.in
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING_VI
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING
help
- Enable vi-style line editing. In shells, this mode can be
+ Enable vi-style line editing. In shells, this mode can be
turned on and off with "set -o vi" and "set +o vi".
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING_HISTORY
diff --git a/package/busybox/config/loginutils/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/loginutils/Config.in
index a0f1ca95ee..fa9f65e1cd 100644
--- a/package/busybox/config/loginutils/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/config/loginutils/Config.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS
bool "Support for shadow passwords"
default n
help
- Build support for shadow password in /etc/shadow. This file is only
+ Build support for shadow password in /etc/shadow. This file is only
readable by root and thus the encrypted passwords are no longer
publicly readable.
@@ -18,17 +18,17 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP
default n
help
If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's password
- and group functions. And if you are using the GNU C library
+ and group functions. And if you are using the GNU C library
(glibc), you will then need to install the /etc/nsswitch.conf
configuration file and the required /lib/libnss_* libraries in
- order for the password and group functions to work. This generally
+ order for the password and group functions to work. This generally
makes your embedded system quite a bit larger.
Enabling this option will cause busybox to directly access the
system's /etc/password, /etc/group files (and your system will be
smaller, and I will get fewer emails asking about how glibc NSS
- works). When this option is enabled, you will not be able to use
- PAM to access remote LDAP password servers and whatnot. And if you
+ works). When this option is enabled, you will not be able to use
+ PAM to access remote LDAP password servers and whatnot. And if you
want hostname resolution to work with glibc, you still need the
/lib/libnss_* libraries.
@@ -44,16 +44,16 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_USE_BB_SHADOW
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS
help
If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's shadow
- password handling functions. And if you are using the GNU C library
+ password handling functions. And if you are using the GNU C library
(glibc), you will then need to install the /etc/nsswitch.conf
configuration file and the required /lib/libnss_* libraries in
- order for the shadow password functions to work. This generally
+ order for the shadow password functions to work. This generally
makes your embedded system quite a bit larger.
Enabling this option will cause busybox to directly access the
- system's /etc/shadow file when handling shadow passwords. This
+ system's /etc/shadow file when handling shadow passwords. This
makes your system smaller (and I will get fewer emails asking about
- how glibc NSS works). When this option is enabled, you will not be
+ how glibc NSS works). When this option is enabled, you will not be
able to use PAM to access shadow passwords from remote LDAP
password servers and whatnot.
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_USE_BB_CRYPT
standard C library functions.
If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's
- crypt functions. Most C libraries use large (~70k)
+ crypt functions. Most C libraries use large (~70k)
static buffers there, and also combine them with more general
DES encryption/decryption.
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DELGROUP
Utility for deleting a group account.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DEL_USER_FROM_GROUP
- bool "Support for removing users from groups."
+ bool "Support for removing users from groups"
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DELGROUP
help
@@ -211,9 +211,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PASSWD
select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOG
help
- passwd changes passwords for user and group accounts. A normal user
+ passwd changes passwords for user and group accounts. A normal user
may only change the password for his/her own account, the super user
- may change the password for any account. The administrator of a group
+ may change the password for any account. The administrator of a group
may change the password for the group.
Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to
diff --git a/package/busybox/config/miscutils/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/miscutils/Config.in
index 236d5d678e..df5f28cfd4 100644
--- a/package/busybox/config/miscutils/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/config/miscutils/Config.in
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CROND
help
Crond is a background daemon that parses individual crontab
files and executes commands on behalf of the users in question.
- This is a port of dcron from slackware. It uses files of the
+ This is a port of dcron from slackware. It uses files of the
format /var/spool/cron/crontabs/<username> files, for example:
$ cat /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root
# Run daily cron jobs at 4:40 every day:
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CRONTAB
default y
select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
help
- Crontab manipulates the crontab for a particular user. Only
+ Crontab manipulates the crontab for a particular user. Only
the superuser may specify a different user and/or crontab directory.
Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to
work properly.
@@ -167,8 +167,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEVFSD_FG_NP
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEVFSD
help
- -fg Run the daemon in the foreground.
- -np Exit after parsing the configuration file. Do not poll for events.
+ -fg Run the daemon in the foreground.
+ -np Exit after parsing the configuration file.
+ Do not poll for events.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEVFSD_VERBOSE
bool "Increases logging (and size)"
@@ -184,14 +185,14 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DEVFS
This is obsolete and will be going away at the end of 2008..
This tells busybox to look for names like /dev/loop/0 instead of
- /dev/loop0. If your /dev directory has normal names instead of
+ /dev/loop0. If your /dev directory has normal names instead of
devfs names, you don't want this.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_EJECT
bool "eject"
default n
help
- Used to eject cdroms. (defaults to /dev/cdrom)
+ Used to eject cdroms. (defaults to /dev/cdrom)
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_EJECT_SCSI
bool "SCSI support"
@@ -226,7 +227,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INOTIFYD
bool "inotifyd"
default n
help
- Simple inotify daemon. Reports filesystem changes. Requires kernel >= 2.6.13
+ Simple inotify daemon. Reports filesystem changes. Requires
+ kernel >= 2.6.13
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LAST
bool "last"
@@ -309,8 +311,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HDPARM
bool "hdparm"
default n
help
- Get/Set hard drive parameters. Primarily intended for ATA
- drives. Adds about 13k (or around 30k if you enable the
+ Get/Set hard drive parameters. Primarily intended for ATA
+ drives. Adds about 13k (or around 30k if you enable the
FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY option)....
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY
@@ -340,7 +342,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_UNREGISTER_HWIF
This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_DRIVE_RESET
- bool "perform device reset (DANGEROUS)"
+ bool "Perform device reset (DANGEROUS)"
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HDPARM
help
@@ -348,16 +350,16 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_DRIVE_RESET
This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_TRISTATE_HWIF
- bool "tristate device for hotswap (DANGEROUS)"
+ bool "Tristate device for hotswap (DANGEROUS)"
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HDPARM
help
Enables the 'hdparm -x' option to tristate device for hotswap,
- and the '-b' option to get/set bus state. This is dangerous
+ and the '-b' option to get/set bus state. This is dangerous
stuff, so you should probably say N.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_GETSET_DMA
- bool "get/set using_dma flag (DANGEROUS)"
+ bool "Get/set using_dma flag (DANGEROUS)"
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HDPARM
help
@@ -424,7 +426,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MT
bool "mt"
default n
help
- mt is used to control tape devices. You can use the mt utility
+ mt is used to control tape devices. You can use the mt utility
to advance or rewind a tape past a specified number of archive
files on the tape.
@@ -445,7 +447,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_READAHEAD
This applet just calls the readahead(2) system call on each file.
It is mainly useful in system startup scripts to preload files
- or executables before they are used. When used at the right time
+ or executables before they are used. When used at the right time
(in particular when a CPU bound process is running) it can
significantly speed up system startup.
@@ -509,16 +511,17 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TTYSIZE
default n
help
A replacement for "stty size". Unlike stty, can report only width,
- only height, or both, in any order. It also does not complain on error,
- but returns default 80x24. Usage in shell scripts: width=`ttysize w`.
+ only height, or both, in any order. It also does not complain on
+ error, but returns default 80x24.
+ Usage in shell scripts: width=`ttysize w`.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_WATCHDOG
bool "watchdog"
default y
help
The watchdog utility is used with hardware or software watchdog
- device drivers. It opens the specified watchdog device special file
- and periodically writes a magic character to the device. If the
+ device drivers. It opens the specified watchdog device special file
+ and periodically writes a magic character to the device. If the
watchdog applet ever fails to write the magic character within a
certain amount of time, the watchdog device assumes the system has
hung, and will cause the hardware to reboot.
diff --git a/package/busybox/config/modutils/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/modutils/Config.in
index 63a3f71fbe..be141d91c7 100644
--- a/package/busybox/config/modutils/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/config/modutils/Config.in
@@ -5,14 +5,64 @@
menu "Linux Module Utilities"
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE_SMALL
+ bool "Simplified modutils"
+ default n
+ help
+ Simplified modutils.
+
+ With this option modprobe does not require modules.dep file
+ and does not use /etc/modules.conf file.
+ It scans module files in /lib/modules/`uname -r` and
+ determines dependencies and module alias names on the fly.
+ This may make module loading slower, most notably
+ when one needs to load module by alias (this requires
+ scanning through module _bodies_).
+
+ At the first attempt to load a module by alias modprobe
+ will try to generate modules.dep.bb file in order to speed up
+ future loads by alias. Failure to do so (read-only /lib/modules,
+ etc) is not reported, and future modprobes will be slow too.
+
+ NB: modules.dep.bb file format is not compatible
+ with modules.dep file as created/used by standard module tools.
+
+ Additional module parameters can be stored in
+ /etc/modules/$module_name files.
+
+ Apart from modprobe, other utilities are also provided:
+ - insmod is an alias to modprobe
+ - rmmod is an alias to modprobe -r
+ - depmod generates modules.dep.bb
+
+ As of 2008-07, this code is experimental. It is 14kb smaller
+ than "non-small" modutils.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MODPROBE_SMALL_OPTIONS_ON_CMDLINE
+ bool "Accept module options on modprobe command line"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE_SMALL
+ help
+ Allow insmod and modprobe take module options from command line.
+ N.B. Very bloaty.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MODPROBE_SMALL_CHECK_ALREADY_LOADED
+ bool "Skip loading of already loaded modules"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE_SMALL
+ help
+ Check if the module is already loaded.
+ N.B. It's racy.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEPMOD
bool "depmod"
default n
+ depends on !BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE_SMALL
help
depmod generates modules.dep (FIXME: elaborate)
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DEPMOD_PRUNE_FANCY
- bool "fancy dependency pruning"
+ bool "Fancy dependency pruning"
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEPMOD
help
@@ -26,7 +76,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DEPMOD_PRUNE_FANCY
If unsure, say N.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DEPMOD_ALIAS
- bool "alias support"
+ bool "Alias support"
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEPMOD
help
@@ -38,6 +88,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DEPMOD_ALIAS
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSMOD
bool "insmod"
default y
+ depends on !BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE_SMALL
help
insmod is used to load specified modules in the running kernel.
@@ -46,7 +97,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_VERSION_CHECKING
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSMOD && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
help
- Support checking of versions for modules. This is used to
+ Support checking of versions for modules. This is used to
ensure that the kernel and module are made for each other.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_KSYMOOPS_SYMBOLS
@@ -55,9 +106,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_KSYMOOPS_SYMBOLS
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSMOD && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
help
By adding module symbols to the kernel symbol table, Oops messages
- occuring within kernel modules can be properly debugged. By enabling
+ occuring within kernel modules can be properly debugged. By enabling
this feature, module symbols will always be added to the kernel symbol
- table for properly debugging support. If you are not interested in
+ table for properly debugging support. If you are not interested in
Oops messages from kernel modules, say N.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_LOADINKMEM
@@ -87,18 +138,20 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP_FULL
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP
help
Without this option, -m will only output section
- load map. With this option, -m will also output
+ load map. With this option, -m will also output
symbols load map.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RMMOD
bool "rmmod"
default y
+ depends on !BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE_SMALL
help
rmmod is used to unload specified modules from the kernel.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LSMOD
bool "lsmod"
default y
+ depends on !BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE_SMALL
help
lsmod is used to display a list of loaded modules.
@@ -113,6 +166,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_LSMOD_PRETTY_2_6_OUTPUT
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE
bool "modprobe"
default n
+ depends on !BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE_SMALL
help
Handle the loading of modules, and their dependencies on a high
level.
@@ -168,7 +222,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_CHECK_TAINTED_MODULE
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSMOD || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LSMOD
help
- Support checking for tainted modules. These are usually binary
+ Support checking for tainted modules. These are usually binary
only modules that will make the linux-kernel list ignore your
support request.
This option is required to support GPLONLY modules.
@@ -196,7 +250,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEFAULT_MODULES_DIR
# Simulate indentation
string "Default directory containing modules"
default "/lib/modules"
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSMOD || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RMMOD || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEPMOD
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSMOD || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RMMOD || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE_SMALL || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEPMOD
help
Directory that contains kernel modules.
Defaults to "/lib/modules"
@@ -205,7 +259,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEPMOD_FILE
# Simulate indentation
string "Default name of modules.dep"
default "modules.dep"
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSMOD || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RMMOD || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEPMOD
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSMOD || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RMMOD || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE_SMALL || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEPMOD
help
Filename that contains kernel modules dependencies.
Defaults to "modules.dep"
diff --git a/package/busybox/config/networking/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/networking/Config.in
index 0a79cdd8f7..76630852b7 100644
--- a/package/busybox/config/networking/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/config/networking/Config.in
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_BRCTL_FANCY
This adds about 600 bytes.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_BRCTL_SHOW
- bool "Support show"
+ bool "Support show, showmac and showstp"
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BRCTL && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_BRCTL_FANCY
help
Add support for option which prints the current config:
- show
+ showmacs, showstp, show
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DNSD
bool "dnsd"
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_ENCODE_URL_STR
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HTTPD
help
This option allows html encoding of arbitrary strings for display
- by the browser. Output goes to stdout.
+ by the browser. Output goes to stdout.
For example, httpd -e "<Hello World>" produces
"&#60Hello&#32World&#62".
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_SLIP
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IFCONFIG
help
- Allow "keepalive" and "outfill" support for SLIP. If you're not
+ Allow "keepalive" and "outfill" support for SLIP. If you're not
planning on using serial lines, leave this unchecked.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_MEMSTART_IOADDR_IRQ
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_HW
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IFCONFIG
help
Set the hardware address of this interface, if the device driver
- supports this operation. Currently, we only support the 'ether'
+ supports this operation. Currently, we only support the 'ether'
class.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_BROADCAST_PLUS
@@ -303,15 +303,15 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
bool "ifupdown"
default n
help
- Activate or deactivate the specified interfaces. This applet makes
+ Activate or deactivate the specified interfaces. This applet makes
use of either "ifconfig" and "route" or the "ip" command to actually
- configure network interfaces. Therefore, you will probably also want
+ configure network interfaces. Therefore, you will probably also want
to enable either IFCONFIG and ROUTE, or enable
- FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IP and the various IP options. Of
+ FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IP and the various IP options. Of
course you could use non-busybox versions of these programs, so
against my better judgement (since this will surely result in plenty
of support questions on the mailing list), I do not force you to
- enable these additional options. It is up to you to supply either
+ enable these additional options. It is up to you to supply either
"ifconfig", "route" and "run-parts" or the "ip" command, either
via busybox or via standalone utilities.
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IP
default n
help
The "ip" applet is a TCP/IP interface configuration and routing
- utility. You generally don't need "ip" to use busybox with
+ utility. You generally don't need "ip" to use busybox with
TCP/IP.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_ADDRESS
@@ -558,7 +558,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IPCALC_FANCY
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IPCALC
help
- Adds the options hostname, prefix and silent to the output of "ipcalc".
+ Adds the options hostname, prefix and silent to the output of
+ "ipcalc".
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IPCALC_LONG_OPTIONS
bool "Enable long options"
@@ -638,6 +639,14 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_NETSTAT_WIDE
Add support for wide columns. Useful when displaying IPv6 addresses
(-W option).
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_NETSTAT_PRG
+ bool "Enable PID/Program name output"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NETSTAT
+ help
+ Add support for -p flag to print out PID and program name.
+ +700 bytes of code.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NSLOOKUP
bool "nslookup"
default y
@@ -694,7 +703,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SLATTACH
bool "slattach"
default n
help
- slattach is a small utility to attach network interfaces to serial lines.
+ slattach is a small utility to attach network interfaces to serial
+ lines.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TELNET
bool "telnet"
@@ -709,7 +719,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TELNET_TTYPE
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TELNET
help
Setting this option will forward the TERM environment variable to the
- remote host you are connecting to. This is useful to make sure that
+ remote host you are connecting to. This is useful to make sure that
things like ANSI colors and other control sequences behave.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TELNET_AUTOLOGIN
@@ -728,9 +738,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TELNETD
select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOG
help
A daemon for the TELNET protocol, allowing you to log onto the host
- running the daemon. Please keep in mind that the TELNET protocol
- sends passwords in plain text. If you can't afford the space for an
- SSH daemon and you trust your network, you may say 'y' here. As a
+ running the daemon. Please keep in mind that the TELNET protocol
+ sends passwords in plain text. If you can't afford the space for an
+ SSH daemon and you trust your network, you may say 'y' here. As a
more secure alternative, you should seriously consider installing the
very small Dropbear SSH daemon instead:
http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html
@@ -756,7 +766,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TELNETD
mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts
You need to be sure that Busybox has LOGIN and
- FEATURE_SUID enabled. And finally, you should make
+ FEATURE_SUID enabled. And finally, you should make
certain that Busybox has been installed setuid root:
chown root.root /bin/busybox
@@ -776,7 +786,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTP
bool "tftp"
default n
help
- This enables the Trivial File Transfer Protocol client program. TFTP
+ This enables the Trivial File Transfer Protocol client program. TFTP
is usually used for simple, small transfers such as a root image
for a network-enabled bootloader.
@@ -795,7 +805,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TFTP_GET
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTP || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTPD
help
- Add support for the GET command within the TFTP client. This allows
+ Add support for the GET command within the TFTP client. This allows
a client to retrieve a file from a TFTP server.
Also enable upload support in tftpd, if tftpd is selected.
@@ -804,7 +814,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TFTP_PUT
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTP || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTPD
help
- Add support for the PUT command within the TFTP client. This allows
+ Add support for the PUT command within the TFTP client. This allows
a client to transfer a file to a TFTP server.
Also enable download support in tftpd, if tftpd is selected.
@@ -821,7 +831,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEBUG_TFTP
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTP
help
- Enable debug settings for tftp. This is useful if you're running
+ Enable debug settings for tftp. This is useful if you're running
into problems with tftp as the protocol doesn't help you much when
you run into problems.
@@ -836,7 +846,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TRACEROUTE_VERBOSE
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TRACEROUTE
help
- Add some verbosity to traceroute. This includes amongst other things
+ Add some verbosity to traceroute. This includes amongst other things
hostnames and ICMP response types.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TRACEROUTE_SOURCE_ROUTE
@@ -906,12 +916,14 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TCPSVD
bool "tcpsvd"
default n
help
- tcpsvd listens on a TCP port and runs a program for each new connection
+ tcpsvd listens on a TCP port and runs a program for each new
+ connection.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UDPSVD
bool "udpsvd"
default n
help
- udpsvd listens on an UDP port and runs a program for each new connection
+ udpsvd listens on an UDP port and runs a program for each new
+ connection.
endmenu
diff --git a/package/busybox/config/procps/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/procps/Config.in
index f650f52200..ac93163994 100644
--- a/package/busybox/config/procps/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/config/procps/Config.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FUSER
default n
help
fuser lists all PIDs (Process IDs) that currently have a given
- file open. fuser can also list all PIDs that have a given network
+ file open. fuser can also list all PIDs that have a given network
(TCP or UDP) port open.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_KILL
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_KILL
default y
help
The command kill sends the specified signal to the specified
- process or process group. If no signal is specified, the TERM
+ process or process group. If no signal is specified, the TERM
signal is sent.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_KILLALL
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_KILLALL
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_KILL
help
killall sends a signal to all processes running any of the
- specified commands. If no signal name is specified, SIGTERM is
+ specified commands. If no signal name is specified, SIGTERM is
sent.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_KILLALL5
diff --git a/package/busybox/config/shell/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/shell/Config.in
index 141a1d3150..4107e127d4 100644
--- a/package/busybox/config/shell/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/config/shell/Config.in
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
help
Tha 'ash' shell adds about 60k in the default configuration and is
the most complete and most pedantically correct shell included with
- busybox. This shell is actually a derivative of the Debian 'dash'
+ busybox. This shell is actually a derivative of the Debian 'dash'
shell (by Herbert Xu), which was created by porting the 'ash' shell
(written by Kenneth Almquist) from NetBSD.
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_BASH_COMPAT
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
help
- Enable bash-conpatible extensions.
+ Enable bash-compatible extensions.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_JOB_CONTROL
bool "Job control"
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_READ_NCHARS
'read -s' will read without echoing the user's input.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_READ_TIMEOUT
- bool "'read -t S' support."
+ bool "'read -t S' support"
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
help
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_MATH_SUPPORT_64
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_MATH_SUPPORT
help
- Enable 64-bit math support in the ash shell. This will make
+ Enable 64-bit math support in the ash shell. This will make
the shell slightly larger, but will allow computation with very
large numbers.
@@ -176,11 +176,13 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH
default n
help
hush is a very small shell (just 18k) and it has fairly complete
- Bourne shell grammar. It even handles all the normal flow control
+ Bourne shell grammar. It even handles all the normal flow control
options such as if/then/elif/else/fi, for/in/do/done, while loops,
- etc.
+ case/esac.
- It does not handle case/esac, select, function, here documents ( <<
+ It uses only vfork, so it can be used on uClinux systems.
+
+ It does not handle select, functions, here documents ( <<
word ), arithmetic expansion, aliases, brace expansion, tilde
expansion, &> and >& redirection of stdout+stderr, etc.
@@ -232,6 +234,14 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH_LOOPS
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH
help
Enable for, while and until loops in hush.
+ As of 2008-07, break and continue statements are not supported.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH_CASE
+ bool "Support case ... esac statement"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH
+ help
+ Enable case ... esac statement in hush. +400 bytes.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LASH
bool "lash"
@@ -246,10 +256,10 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MSH
help
The minix shell (adds just 30k) is quite complete and handles things
like for/do/done, case/esac and all the things you expect a Bourne
- shell to do. It is not always pedantically correct about Bourne
+ shell to do. It is not always pedantically correct about Bourne
shell grammar (try running the shell testscript "tests/sh.testcases"
on it and compare vs bash) but for most things it works quite well.
- It also uses only vfork, so it can be used on uClinux systems.
+ It uses only vfork, so it can be used on uClinux systems.
comment "Bourne Shell Options"
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LASH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
@@ -267,11 +277,11 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE
depends on (BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LASH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH) && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_PREFER_APPLETS
help
This option causes busybox shells to use busybox applets
- in preference to executables in the PATH whenever possible. For
+ in preference to executables in the PATH whenever possible. For
example, entering the command 'ifconfig' into the shell would cause
- busybox to use the ifconfig busybox applet. Specifying the fully
+ busybox to use the ifconfig busybox applet. Specifying the fully
qualified executable name, such as '/sbin/ifconfig' will still
- execute the /sbin/ifconfig executable on the filesystem. This option
+ execute the /sbin/ifconfig executable on the filesystem. This option
is generally used when creating a statically linked version of busybox
for use as a rescue shell, in the event that you screw up your system.
@@ -285,12 +295,12 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE
started this way).
# untrue?
# Note that this will *also* cause applets to take precedence
-# over shell builtins of the same name. So turning this on will
+# over shell builtins of the same name. So turning this on will
# eliminate any performance gained by turning on the builtin "echo"
# and "test" commands in ash.
# untrue?
# Note that when using this option, the shell will attempt to directly
-# run '/bin/busybox'. If you do not have the busybox binary sitting in
+# run '/bin/busybox'. If you do not have the busybox binary sitting in
# that exact location with that exact name, this option will not work at
# all.
diff --git a/package/busybox/config/sysklogd/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/sysklogd/Config.in
index c4ce8e6c78..b9e0db2fad 100644
--- a/package/busybox/config/sysklogd/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/config/sysklogd/Config.in
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SYSLOGD
default y
help
The syslogd utility is used to record logs of all the
- significant events that occur on a system. Every
+ significant events that occur on a system. Every
message that is logged records the date and time of the
event, and will generally also record the name of the
- application that generated the message. When used in
+ application that generated the message. When used in
conjunction with klogd, messages from the Linux kernel
- can also be recorded. This is terribly useful,
+ can also be recorded. This is terribly useful,
especially for finding what happened when something goes
- wrong. And something almost always will go wrong if
+ wrong. And something almost always will go wrong if
you wait long enough....
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_ROTATE_LOGFILE
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_REMOTE_LOG
help
When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility can
be used to send system log messages to another system
- connected via a network. This allows the remote
+ connected via a network. This allows the remote
machine to log all the system messages, which can be
terribly useful for reducing the number of serial
- cables you use. It can also be a very good security
+ cables you use. It can also be a very good security
measure to prevent system logs from being tampered with
by an intruder.
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility will
use a circular buffer to record system log messages.
When the buffer is filled it will continue to overwrite
- the oldest messages. This can be very useful for
+ the oldest messages. This can be very useful for
systems with little or no permanent storage, since
otherwise system logs can eventually fill up your
entire filesystem, which may cause your system to
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LOGREAD
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
help
If you enabled Circular Buffer support, you almost
- certainly want to enable this feature as well. This
+ certainly want to enable this feature as well. This
utility will allow you to read the messages that are
stored in the syslogd circular buffer.
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_KLOGD
help
klogd is a utility which intercepts and logs all
messages from the Linux kernel and sends the messages
- out to the 'syslogd' utility so they can be logged. If
+ out to the 'syslogd' utility so they can be logged. If
you wish to record the messages produced by the kernel,
you should enable this option.
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LOGGER
help
The logger utility allows you to send arbitrary text
messages to the system log (i.e. the 'syslogd' utility) so
- they can be logged. This is generally used to help locate
+ they can be logged. This is generally used to help locate
problems that occur within programs and scripts.
endmenu
diff --git a/package/busybox/config/util-linux/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/util-linux/Config.in
index 5c5af20e5b..6e3fc39b49 100644
--- a/package/busybox/config/util-linux/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/config/util-linux/Config.in
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DMESG
bool "dmesg"
default y
help
- dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer. When the
+ dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer. When the
Linux kernel prints messages to the system log, they are stored in
- the kernel ring buffer. You can use dmesg to print the kernel's ring
+ the kernel ring buffer. You can use dmesg to print the kernel's ring
buffer, clear the kernel ring buffer, change the size of the kernel
ring buffer, and change the priority level at which kernel messages
- are also logged to the system console. Enable this option if you
+ are also logged to the system console. Enable this option if you
wish to enable the 'dmesg' utility.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DMESG_PRETTY
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DMESG_PRETTY
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DMESG
help
If you wish to scrub the syslog level from the output, say 'Y' here.
- The syslog level is a string prefixed to every line with the form "<#>".
+ The syslog level is a string prefixed to every line with the form
+ "<#>".
With this option you will see:
# dmesg
@@ -42,8 +43,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FBSET
default n
help
fbset is used to show or change the settings of a Linux frame buffer
- device. The frame buffer device provides a simple and unique
- interface to access a graphics display. Enable this option
+ device. The frame buffer device provides a simple and unique
+ interface to access a graphics display. Enable this option
if you wish to enable the 'fbset' utility.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FBSET_FANCY
@@ -52,8 +53,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FBSET_FANCY
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FBSET
help
This option enables extended fbset options, allowing one to set the
- framebuffer size, color depth, etc. interface to access a graphics
- display. Enable this option if you wish to enable extended fbset
+ framebuffer size, color depth, etc. interface to access a graphics
+ display. Enable this option if you wish to enable extended fbset
options.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FBSET_READMODE
@@ -70,11 +71,11 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FDFLUSH
default n
help
fdflush is only needed when changing media on slightly-broken
- removable media drives. It is used to make Linux believe that a
+ removable media drives. It is used to make Linux believe that a
hardware disk-change switch has been actuated, which causes Linux to
- forget anything it has cached from the previous media. If you have
+ forget anything it has cached from the previous media. If you have
such a slightly-broken drive, you will need to run fdflush every time
- you change a disk. Most people have working hardware and can safely
+ you change a disk. Most people have working hardware and can safely
leave this disabled.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FDFORMAT
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FDISK
default n
help
The fdisk utility is used to divide hard disks into one or more
- logical disks, which are generally called partitions. This utility
+ logical disks, which are generally called partitions. This utility
can be used to list and edit the set of partitions or BSD style
'disk slices' that are defined on a hard drive.
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FDISK
help
Enabling this option allows you to create or change a partition table
- and write those changes out to disk. If you leave this option
+ and write those changes out to disk. If you leave this option
disabled, you will only be able to view the partition table.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_AIX_LABEL
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_ADVANCED
help
Enabling this option allows you to do terribly unsafe things like
define arbitrary drive geometry, move the beginning of data in a
- partition, and similarly evil things. Unless you have a very good
+ partition, and similarly evil things. Unless you have a very good
reason you would be wise to leave this disabled.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FINDFS
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FINDFS
select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_VOLUMEID
help
This is similar to the findfs program that is part of the e2fsprogs
- package. However, the e2fsprogs version only support ext2/3. This
+ package. However, the e2fsprogs version only support ext2/3. This
version supports those in addition to FAT, swap, and ReiserFS.
WARNING:
With all submodules selected, it will add ~8k to busybox.
@@ -165,11 +166,11 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FREERAMDISK
bool "freeramdisk"
default n
help
- Linux allows you to create ramdisks. This utility allows you to
+ Linux allows you to create ramdisks. This utility allows you to
delete them and completely free all memory that was used for the
- ramdisk. For example, if you boot Linux into a ramdisk and later
+ ramdisk. For example, if you boot Linux into a ramdisk and later
pivot_root, you may want to free the memory that is allocated to the
- ramdisk. If you have no use for freeing memory from a ramdisk, leave
+ ramdisk. If you have no use for freeing memory from a ramdisk, leave
this disabled.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX
@@ -177,9 +178,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX
default n
help
The minix filesystem is a nice, small, compact, read-write filesystem
- with little overhead. It is not a journaling filesystem however and
+ with little overhead. It is not a journaling filesystem however and
can experience corruption if it is not properly unmounted or if the
- power goes off in the middle of a write. This utility allows you to
+ power goes off in the middle of a write. This utility allows you to
check for and attempt to repair any corruption that occurs to a minix
filesystem.
@@ -188,8 +189,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MKFS_MINIX
default n
help
The minix filesystem is a nice, small, compact, read-write filesystem
- with little overhead. If you wish to be able to create minix filesystems
- this utility will do the job for you.
+ with little overhead. If you wish to be able to create minix
+ filesystems this utility will do the job for you.
comment "Minix filesystem support"
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MKFS_MINIX
@@ -199,9 +200,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MINIX2
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MKFS_MINIX
help
- If you wish to be able to create version 2 minix filesystems, enable this.
- If you enabled 'mkfs_minix' then you almost certainly want to be using the
- version 2 filesystem support.
+ If you wish to be able to create version 2 minix filesystems, enable
+ this. If you enabled 'mkfs_minix' then you almost certainly want to
+ be using the version 2 filesystem support.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GETOPT
bool "getopt"
@@ -209,9 +210,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GETOPT
help
The getopt utility is used to break up (parse) options in command
lines to make it easy to write complex shell scripts that also check
- for legal (and illegal) options. If you want to write horribly
+ for legal (and illegal) options. If you want to write horribly
complex shell scripts, or use some horribly complex shell script
- written by others, this utility may be for you. Most people will
+ written by others, this utility may be for you. Most people will
wisely leave this disabled.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HEXDUMP
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HWCLOCK
default y
help
The hwclock utility is used to read and set the hardware clock
- on a system. This is primarily used to set the current time on
+ on a system. This is primarily used to set the current time on
shutdown in the hardware clock, so the hardware will keep the
correct time when Linux is _not_ running.
@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HWCLOCK_LONG_OPTIONS
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HWCLOCK && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GETOPT_LONG
help
- By default, the hwclock utility only uses short options. If you
+ By default, the hwclock utility only uses short options. If you
are overly fond of its long options, such as --hctosys, --utc, etc)
then enable this option.
@@ -262,11 +263,11 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HWCLOCK_ADJTIME_FHS
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HWCLOCK
help
Starting with FHS 2.3, the adjtime state file is supposed to exist
- at /var/lib/hwclock/adjtime instead of /etc/adjtime. If you wish
+ at /var/lib/hwclock/adjtime instead of /etc/adjtime. If you wish
to use the FHS behavior, answer Y here, otherwise answer N for the
classic /etc/adjtime path.
- http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARLIBHWCLOCKSTATEDIRECTORYFORHWCLO
+ pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARLIBHWCLOCKSTATEDIRECTORYFORHWCLO
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IPCRM
bool "ipcrm"
@@ -290,7 +291,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LOSETUP
default n
help
losetup is used to associate or detach a loop device with a regular
- file or block device, and to query the status of a loop device. This
+ file or block device, and to query the status of a loop device. This
version does not currently support enabling data encryption.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MDEV
@@ -326,7 +327,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MDEV_RENAME_REGEXP
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MDEV_RENAME
help
- Add support for regular expressions substitutions when renaming device.
+ Add support for regular expressions substitutions when renaming
+ device.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MDEV_EXEC
bool "Support command execution at device addition/removal"
@@ -354,9 +356,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MKSWAP
default n
help
The mkswap utility is used to configure a file or disk partition as
- Linux swap space. This allows Linux to use the entire file or
+ Linux swap space. This allows Linux to use the entire file or
partition as if it were additional RAM, which can greatly increase
- the capability of low-memory machines. This additional memory is
+ the capability of low-memory machines. This additional memory is
much slower than real RAM, but can be very helpful at preventing your
applications being killed by the Linux out of memory (OOM) killer.
Once you have created swap space using 'mkswap' you need to enable
@@ -377,9 +379,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MORE
default n
help
more is a simple utility which allows you to read text one screen
- sized page at a time. If you want to read text that is larger than
+ sized page at a time. If you want to read text that is larger than
the screen, and you are using anything faster than a 300 baud modem,
- you will probably find this utility very helpful. If you don't have
+ you will probably find this utility very helpful. If you don't have
any need to reading text files, you can leave this disabled.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS
@@ -388,7 +390,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MORE || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TOP
help
This option allows utilities such as 'more' and 'top' to determine
- the size of the screen. If you leave this disabled, your utilities
+ the size of the screen. If you leave this disabled, your utilities
that display things on the screen will be especially primitive and
will be unable to determine the current screen size, and will be
unable to move the cursor.
@@ -608,10 +610,10 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MOUNT
default y
help
All files and filesystems in Unix are arranged into one big directory
- tree. The 'mount' utility is used to graft a filesystem onto a
- particular part of the tree. A filesystem can either live on a block
+ tree. The 'mount' utility is used to graft a filesystem onto a
+ particular part of the tree. A filesystem can either live on a block
device, or it can be accessible over the network, as is the case with
- NFS filesystems. Most people using BusyBox will also want to enable
+ NFS filesystems. Most people using BusyBox will also want to enable
the 'mount' utility.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_FAKE
@@ -649,7 +651,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_LABEL
select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_VOLUMEID
help
This allows for specifying a device by label or uuid, rather than by
- name. This feature utilizes the same functionality as findfs.
+ name. This feature utilizes the same functionality as findfs.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_NFS
bool "Support mounting NFS file systems"
@@ -672,7 +674,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_FLAGS
bool "Support lots of -o flags in mount"
default y
help
- Without this, mount only supports ro/rw/remount. With this, it
+ Without this, mount only supports ro/rw/remount. With this, it
supports nosuid, suid, dev, nodev, exec, noexec, sync, async, atime,
noatime, diratime, nodiratime, loud, bind, move, shared, slave,
private, unbindable, rshared, rslave, rprivate, and runbindable.
@@ -689,11 +691,11 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PIVOT_ROOT
default y
help
The pivot_root utility swaps the mount points for the root filesystem
- with some other mounted filesystem. This allows you to do all sorts
+ with some other mounted filesystem. This allows you to do all sorts
of wild and crazy things with your Linux system and is far more
powerful than 'chroot'.
- Note: This is for initrd in linux 2.4. Under initramfs (introduced
+ Note: This is for initrd in linux 2.4. Under initramfs (introduced
in linux 2.6) use switch_root instead.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RDATE
@@ -705,6 +707,12 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RDATE
the RFC868 protocol, which is built into the inetd daemon on most
systems.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RDEV
+ bool "rdev"
+ default n
+ help
+ Print the device node associated with the filesystem mounted at '/'.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_READPROFILE
bool "readprofile"
default n
@@ -728,7 +736,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SETARCH
default n
help
The linux32 utility is used to create a 32bit environment for the
- specified program (usually a shell). It only makes sense to have
+ specified program (usually a shell). It only makes sense to have
this util on a system that supports both 64bit and 32bit userland
(like amd64/x86, ppc64/ppc, sparc64/sparc, etc...).
@@ -738,9 +746,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SWAPONOFF
help
This option enables both the 'swapon' and the 'swapoff' utilities.
Once you have created some swap space using 'mkswap', you also need
- to enable your swap space with the 'swapon' utility. The 'swapoff'
+ to enable your swap space with the 'swapon' utility. The 'swapoff'
utility is used, typically at system shutdown, to disable any swap
- space. If you are not using any swap space, you can leave this
+ space. If you are not using any swap space, you can leave this
option disabled.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SWAPON_PRI
@@ -755,28 +763,28 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SWITCH_ROOT
default y
help
The switch_root utility is used from initramfs to select a new
- root device. Under initramfs, you have to use this instead of
- pivot_root. (Stop reading here if you don't care why.)
+ root device. Under initramfs, you have to use this instead of
+ pivot_root. (Stop reading here if you don't care why.)
Booting with initramfs extracts a gzipped cpio archive into rootfs
- (which is a variant of ramfs/tmpfs). Because rootfs can't be moved
- or unmounted*, pivot_root will not work from initramfs. Instead,
+ (which is a variant of ramfs/tmpfs). Because rootfs can't be moved
+ or unmounted*, pivot_root will not work from initramfs. Instead,
switch_root deletes everything out of rootfs (including itself),
does a mount --move that overmounts rootfs with the new root, and
then execs the specified init program.
* Because the Linux kernel uses rootfs internally as the starting
and ending point for searching through the kernel's doubly linked
- list of active mount points. That's why.
+ list of active mount points. That's why.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UMOUNT
bool "umount"
default y
help
- When you want to remove a mounted filesystem from its current mount point,
- for example when you are shutting down the system, the 'umount' utility is
- the tool to use. If you enabled the 'mount' utility, you almost certainly
- also want to enable 'umount'.
+ When you want to remove a mounted filesystem from its current mount
+ point, for example when you are shutting down the system, the
+ 'umount' utility is the tool to use. If you enabled the 'mount'
+ utility, you almost certainly also want to enable 'umount'.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_UMOUNT_ALL
bool "Support option -a"
@@ -794,10 +802,11 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MOUNT || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UMOUNT
help
Enabling this feature allows automatic mounting of files (containing
- filesystem images) via the linux kernel's loopback devices. The mount
- command will detect you are trying to mount a file instead of a block
- device, and transparently associate the file with a loopback device.
- The umount command will also free that loopback device.
+ filesystem images) via the linux kernel's loopback devices.
+ The mount command will detect you are trying to mount a file instead
+ of a block device, and transparently associate the file with a
+ loopback device. The umount command will also free that loopback
+ device.
You can still use the 'losetup' utility (to manually associate files
with loop devices) if you need to do something advanced, such as
@@ -811,9 +820,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT
select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_FAKE
help
Historically, Unix systems kept track of the currently mounted
- partitions in the file "/etc/mtab". These days, the kernel exports
+ partitions in the file "/etc/mtab". These days, the kernel exports
the list of currently mounted partitions in "/proc/mounts", rendering
- the old mtab file obsolete. (In modern systems, /etc/mtab should be
+ the old mtab file obsolete. (In modern systems, /etc/mtab should be
a symlink to /proc/mounts.)
The only reason to have mount maintain an /etc/mtab file itself is if
@@ -823,7 +832,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT
features like separate per-process filesystem namespaces, requires
that your /etc directory be writeable, tends to get easily confused
by --bind or --move mounts, won't update if you rename a directory
- that contains a mount point, and so on. (In brief: avoid.)
+ that contains a mount point, and so on. (In brief: avoid.)
About the only reason to use this is if you've removed /proc from
your kernel.