Latest releases and patch directories for each branch:
-1.10.1,
-patches,
+1.10.1,
+patches,
-1.9.2,
-patches,
+1.9.2,
+patches,
-1.8.3,
-patches,
+1.8.3,
+patches,
-1.7.5,
-patches,
+1.7.5,
+patches,
-1.6.2,
-patches,
+1.6.2,
+patches,
-1.5.2,
-patches,
+1.5.2,
+patches,
-1.4.2,
-patches,
+1.4.2,
+patches,
-1.3.2,
-patches.
+1.3.2,
+patches.
You can also obtain Daily Snapshots of diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/header.html b/docs/busybox.net/header.html index b83fdcb6a..d74e439ae 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.net/header.html +++ b/docs/busybox.net/header.html @@ -80,12 +80,12 @@
BusyBox 1.12.0. - (svn, - patches, - how to add a patch)
+BusyBox 1.12.0. + (svn, + patches, + how to add a patch)
Sizes of busybox-1.11.1 and busybox-1.12.0 (with equivalent config, static uclibc build):
text data bss dec hex filename
829687 617 7052 837356 cc6ec busybox-1.11.1/busybox
@@ -147,10 +147,10 @@
BusyBox 1.11.1. - (svn, - patches, - how to add a patch)
+BusyBox 1.11.1. + (svn, + patches, + how to add a patch)
Bugfix-only release for 1.11.x branch. It contains fixes for awk, bunzip2, cpio, ifupdown, ip, man, start-stop-daemon, uname and vi. @@ -158,21 +158,21 @@
- + "How to build static busybox for i486-linux-uclibc" is updated and tested on a fresh Fedora 9 install. Please report if it doesn't work for you.
BusyBox 1.11.0. - (svn, - patches, - how to add a patch)
-BusyBox 1.10.4. - (svn, - patches, - how to add a patch)
+BusyBox 1.11.0. + (svn, + patches, + how to add a patch)
+BusyBox 1.10.4. + (svn, + patches, + how to add a patch)
Sizes of busybox-1.10.4 and busybox-1.11.0 (with equivalent config, static uclibc build):
text data bss dec hex filename
800675 636 7080 808391 c55c7 busybox-1.10.4
@@ -217,37 +217,37 @@
We want to thank the following companies which are providing support
for BusyBox project:
-
BusyBox 1.10.3. - (svn, - patches, - how to add a patch)
+BusyBox 1.10.3. + (svn, + patches, + how to add a patch)
Bugfix-only release for 1.10.x branch. It contains fixes for dnsd, fuser, hush, ip, mdev and syslogd.
BusyBox 1.10.2. - (svn, - patches, - how to add a patch)
+BusyBox 1.10.2. + (svn, + patches, + how to add a patch)
Bugfix-only release for 1.10.x branch. It contains fixes for echo, httpd, pidof, start-stop-daemon, tar, taskset, tab completion in shells, build system. @@ -256,19 +256,19 @@
BusyBox 1.10.1. - (svn, - patches, - how to add a patch)
+BusyBox 1.10.1. + (svn, + patches, + how to add a patch)
Bugfix-only release for 1.10.x branch. It contains fixes for fuser, init, less, nameif, tail, taskset, tcpudp, top, udhcp.
BusyBox 1.10.0. - (svn, - patches, - how to add a patch)
+BusyBox 1.10.0. + (svn, + patches, + how to add a patch)
Sizes of busybox-1.9.2 and busybox-1.10.0 (with almost full config, static uclibc build):
text data bss dec hex filename
@@ -424,16 +424,16 @@ iproute_list_or_flush 3680 readhere 2308
Bugfix-only releases for four past branches. Links to locations
for future hot patches are in parentheses.
- 1.9.2
- (patches),
- 1.8.3
- (patches),
- 1.7.5
- (patches),
- 1.5.2
- (patches).
+ 1.9.2
+ (patches),
+ 1.8.3
+ (patches),
+ 1.7.5
+ (patches),
+ 1.5.2
+ (patches).
diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html b/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html index d6bd581f7..01e608d5c 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html +++ b/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html @@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
BusyBox 1.9.1. - (svn, - patches, - how to add a patch)
+BusyBox 1.9.1. + (svn, + patches, + how to add a patch)
This is a bugfix-only release, with fixes to fsck, iproute, mdev, mkswap, msh, nameif, stty, test, zcip.
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@BusyBox 1.9.0. - (svn, - patches, - how to add a patch)
+BusyBox 1.9.0. + (svn, + patches, + how to add a patch)
Sizes of busybox-1.8.2 and busybox-1.9.0 (with almost full config, static uclibc build):
text data bss dec hex filename
@@ -84,14 +84,14 @@ parse_prompt 4132 insmod_main 3152
BusyBox 1.8.2. - (svn, - patches, - how to add a patch)
-BusyBox 1.7.4. - (svn, - patches, - how to add a patch)
+BusyBox 1.8.2. + (svn, + patches, + how to add a patch)
+BusyBox 1.7.4. + (svn, + patches, + how to add a patch)
These are bugfix-only releases. 1.8.2 contains fixes for inetd, lash, tar, tr, and build system. @@ -99,19 +99,19 @@ parse_prompt 4132 insmod_main 3152
BusyBox 1.8.1. - (svn, - patches, - how to add a patch)
+BusyBox 1.8.1. + (svn, + patches, + how to add a patch)
This is a bugfix-only release, with fixes to login (PAM), modprobe, syslogd, telnetd, unzip.
BusyBox 1.8.0. - (svn, - patches, - how to add a patch)
+BusyBox 1.8.0. + (svn, + patches, + how to add a patch)
Note: this is probably the very last release with lash. It will be dropped. Please migrate to hush. @@ -217,37 +217,37 @@ Equivalent .config, i386 uclibc static builds:
BusyBox 1.7.3. - (svn, - patches, - how to add a patch)
+BusyBox 1.7.3. + (svn, + patches, + how to add a patch)
This is a bugfix-only release, with fixes to ash, httpd, inetd, iptun, logger, login, tail.
BusyBox 1.7.2. - (svn, - patches, - how to add a patch)
+BusyBox 1.7.2. + (svn, + patches, + how to add a patch)
This is a bugfix-only release, with fixes to install, find, login, httpd, runsvdir, chcon, setfiles, fdisk and line editing.
BusyBox 1.7.1. - (svn, - patches, - how to add a patch)
+BusyBox 1.7.1. + (svn, + patches, + how to add a patch)
This is a bugfix-only release, with fixes to cp, runsv, tar, busybox --install and build system.
BusyBox 1.7.0. - (svn, - patches, - how to add a patch)
+BusyBox 1.7.0. + (svn, + patches, + how to add a patch)
Applets which had many changes since 1.6.x:
httpd: @@ -392,19 +392,19 @@ Same .config built against static uclibc:
BusyBox 1.6.1. - (svn, - patches, - how to add a patch)
+BusyBox 1.6.1. + (svn, + patches, + how to add a patch)
This is a bugfix-only release, with fixes to echo, hush, and wget.
BusyBox 1.6.0. - (svn, - patches, - how to add a patch)
+BusyBox 1.6.0. + (svn, + patches, + how to add a patch)
Since this is a x.x.0 release, it probably does not deserve "stable" label. Please help making 1.6.1 stable by testing 1.6.0.
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ Same .config built against static uclibc: report any such cases.lash users please note: lash is going to be deprecated in busybox 1.7.0 and removed in the more distant future. Please migrate to hush.
-Memory usage has decreased, but we can do better still
+Memory usage has decreased, but we can do better still
Other changes since previous release:
BusyBox 1.5.1. - (patches, - how to add a patch)
+BusyBox 1.5.1. + (patches, + how to add a patch)
This is a bugfix-only release, with fixes to hdparm, hush, ifupdown, ps and sed.
BusyBox 1.5.0. - (patches, - how to add a patch)
+BusyBox 1.5.0. + (patches, + how to add a patch)
Since this is a x.x.0 release, it probably does not deserve "stable" label. Please help making 1.5.1 stable by testing 1.5.0.
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ Same .config built against static uclibc:This release includes only trivial fixes accumulated since 1.4.1. @@ -572,16 +572,16 @@ Same .config built against static uclibc:
BusyBox 1.4.1. - (patches)
+BusyBox 1.4.1. + (patches)
This release includes only trivial fixes accumulated since 1.4.0.
BusyBox 1.4.0. - (patches)
+BusyBox 1.4.0. + (patches)
Since this is a x.x.0 release, it probably is a bit less "stable" than usual.
@@ -615,23 +615,23 @@ Same .config built against static uclibc:This release includes only one trivial fix accumulated since 1.3.1
BusyBox 1.3.1. - (patches)
+BusyBox 1.3.1. + (patches)
Closing 2006 with new release. It includes only trivial fixes accumulated since 1.3.0
BusyBox 1.3.0. - (patches)
+BusyBox 1.3.0. + (patches)
This release has CONFIG_DESKTOP option which enables features needed for busybox usage on desktop machine. For example, find, chmod @@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ Same .config built against static uclibc:
Added compile-time warning that static linking against glibc produces buggy executables. @@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ Same .config built against static uclibc:
It's a bit overdue, but - here is + here is BusyBox 1.2.2.
This release has dozens of fixes backported from the ongoing development @@ -693,9 +693,9 @@ Same .config built against static uclibc: gzip to save memory, fix sulogin -tNNN, a help text tweak, several warning fixes and build fixes, fixup dnsd a bit, and a partridge in a pear tree.
-As Linux Weekly News noted, +
As Linux Weekly News noted, this is my (Rob's) last release of BusyBox. The new maintainer is Denis - Vlasenko, I'm off to do other things. + Vlasenko, I'm off to do other things.
- People who rely on the daily BusyBox snapshots + People who rely on the daily BusyBox snapshots should be aware that snapshots of the old busybox 0.60.x series are no longer available. Daily snapshots are now only available for the BusyBox 1.0.0 series and now use @@ -1348,12 +1348,12 @@ Same .config built against static uclibc:
Busybox.net is now much more available, thanks to
- the fine folks at http://i-netinnovations.com/
+ the fine folks at http://i-netinnovations.com/
who are providing hosting for busybox.net and
uclibc.org. In addition, we now have two mirrors:
- http://busybox.linuxmagic.com/
+ http://busybox.linuxmagic.com/
in Canada and
- http://busybox.csservers.de/
+ http://busybox.csservers.de/
in Germany. I hope this makes things much more
accessible for everyone!
@@ -1595,7 +1595,7 @@ would be wonderful!
The illustrious Larry Doolittle has made a PostScript chart of the growth
of the Busybox tarball size over time. It is available for downloading /
-viewing right here.
+viewing right here.
(Note that while the number of applets in Busybox has increased, you can still configure Busybox to be as small as you want by selectively @@ -1641,7 +1641,7 @@ image. Here's how you use it:
Although busybox has built-in support for shell scripts, plenty of other small scripting languages are available on the net. A few examples:
-| language | +description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| microperl | +microperl | A small standalone perl interpreter that can be built from the perl source s via "make -f Makefile.micro". If you really feel the need for perl on an embe dded system, this is where to start. | |
| Lua | +Lua | If you just want a small embedded scripting language to write new code in, this Brazilian import is lightweight, fairly popular, and has a complete book about it online. | |
| rc | +rc | The PLAN9 shell. Not compatible with conventional bourne shell syntax, but fairly lightweight and small. | |
| forth | +forth | A well known language for fast and small programs, decades old but still in use for everything from OpenBIOS to computer controlled engine timing. |
For more information, you probably want to look at -buildroot and -TinyGentoo, which +buildroot and +TinyGentoo, which build and use tiny utilities for all sorts of things.