- grep -v ^\.PHONY < Makefile

+ busybox.def.h
  BB_FEATURE_TRIVIAL_HELP
+ uname.c has an example of how BB_FEATURE_TRIVIAL_HELP
  is to be applied.

Makefile

@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ ifdef BB_INIT_SCRIPT
 endif
 
 all: busybox busybox.links docs
-.PHONY: all
 
 busybox: $(OBJECTS)
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBRARIES)
@@ -111,26 +110,21 @@ busybox.links: busybox.def.h
 regexp.o nfsmount.o: %.o: %.h
 $(OBJECTS): %.o: busybox.def.h internal.h  %.c
 
-.PHONY: test tests
 test tests:
 	cd tests && $(MAKE) all
 
-.PHONY: clean
 clean:
 	- rm -f busybox.links *~ *.o core
 	- rm -rf _install
 	- cd tests && $(MAKE) clean
 
-.PHONY: distclean
 distclean: clean
 	- rm -f busybox
 	- cd tests && $(MAKE) distclean
 
-.PHONY: install
 install: busybox busybox.links
 	./install.sh $(PREFIX)
 
-.PHONY: dist release
 dist release: distclean
 	$(MAKE) -C docs clean all 
 	cd ..;					\

busybox.def.h

@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@
 // normal strings.
 #define BB_FEATURE_FULL_REGULAR_EXPRESSIONS
 //
+// Use only simple command help
+#define BB_FEATURE_TRIVIAL_HELP
+//
 // Use termios to manipulate the screen ('more' is prettier with this on)
 #define BB_FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS
 //

coreutils/uname.c

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 
 static const char uname_usage[] =
 	"uname [OPTION]...\n\n"
+#ifndef BB_FEATURE_TRIVIAL_HELP
 	"Print certain system information.  With no OPTION, same as -s.\n\n"
 	"Options:\n"
 	"\t-a\tprint all information\n"
@@ -52,7 +53,9 @@ static const char uname_usage[] =
 	"\t-s\tprint the operating system name\n"
 
 	"\t-p\tprint the host processor type\n"
-	"\t-v\tprint the operating system version\n";
+	"\t-v\tprint the operating system version\n"
+#endif
+	;
 
 
 static void print_element(unsigned int mask, char *element);

uname.c

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 
 static const char uname_usage[] =
 	"uname [OPTION]...\n\n"
+#ifndef BB_FEATURE_TRIVIAL_HELP
 	"Print certain system information.  With no OPTION, same as -s.\n\n"
 	"Options:\n"
 	"\t-a\tprint all information\n"
@@ -52,7 +53,9 @@ static const char uname_usage[] =
 	"\t-s\tprint the operating system name\n"
 
 	"\t-p\tprint the host processor type\n"
-	"\t-v\tprint the operating system version\n";
+	"\t-v\tprint the operating system version\n"
+#endif
+	;
 
 
 static void print_element(unsigned int mask, char *element);