busybox-w32/include, branch waitfor

win32: code shrink procps_scan()

2026-07-15T15:26:35+00:00

The principal change is to replace four separate arrays (one for pids and three for time values) with a single array of structs. There are some other minor adjustments. Saves 96-144 bytes. (GitHub PR #609) Signed-off-by: Ron Yorston

fix: procps_scan: compare process creation times to ensure ppid is real

2026-07-15T14:45:39+00:00

Windows aggressively reuses PIDs of exited processes. When a new irrelevant process gets assigned the former PID of the parent of an orphaned process, `pkill -P`, `pgrep -P`, `ps -o ppid` sees the new process as the parent of the orphaned process, and PPID of the orphan is no longer 1. So in theory, all `pkill -P`, `pgrep -P` calls are potentially dangerous and possible to kill an innocent process which outlives its parent. This issue is already discussed in various Internet communities: - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6593003/how-can-i-reliably-check-whether-one-windows-process-is-the-parent-of-another-in - https://web.archive.org/web/20140701081232/https://www.sapphiresteel.com/Blog/Killing-Trees-the-Windows-way Comparing process creation times seems a feasible mitigation that should almost always work (though not theoretically sound). The executable is added 512 bytes after the patch.

win32: workaround for overflow of 8.3 short name

2026-07-13T15:02:56+00:00

In certain circumstances 'FindNextFileA()' can fail because the legacy DOS 8.3 short name doesn't fit in the buffer supplied. This can be avoided by using 'FindFirstFileExA()' instead, but with a setting that isn't available on Windows XP. - The problem doesn't arise in the standard 32 and 64 bit builds, so no change is required. - Builds with full Unicode support target platforms which have the required setting. They can use 'FindFirstFileExA()' unconditionally, at the cost of 36-56 bytes. - Builds which include the UTF-8 manifest but which are allowed to run on systems prior to Windows 10 need to check whether they need to call 'FindFirstFileExA()' at runtime. This adds 100 bytes. (GitHub issue #506) Signed-off-by: Ron Yorston

Merge branch 'busybox' into merge

2026-07-08T13:32:00+00:00

Signed-off-by: Ron Yorston

rpm: respect BB_SYSTEMROOT

2026-07-02T12:11:37+00:00

Update the 'rpm' applet so it also respects the BB_SYSTEMROOT environment variable. Replace chdir_system_drive() with xchdir_system_drive(), which exits on failure to change directory. Saves 32-36 bytes. (GitHub PR #603) Signed-off-by: Ron Yorston

win32: Unix-like support for volume mounts

2026-06-15T11:42:54+00:00

Add code to distinguish between volume mount points and junctions. Volume mount points are to be treated like directries while junctions are like symlinks. Update the 'mntent' functions to scan drive letters first, then volume names and their associated mount points. By default the filesystem is returned as a drive letter, if possible, though the volume name is also returned. The function 'find_mount_point()' has been updated to use the new 'mntent' routines. Adds 772-803 bytes. Signed-off-by: Ron Yorston

win32: extend handling of virtual disks

2026-06-08T13:02:15+00:00

Commit 62e4c5d29 (win32: special treatment for virtual hard disk) added special treatment for mount points associated with virtual hard disks. One statement made there was incorrect: a VHD without a drive letter containing no files *does* have a '.' directory. The error message for this case was misleading. The changes made to handle VHDs were insufficiently general: - lstat(2) only resolved symlinks for the explicit path '.'. It should also do so for paths of the form 'path/to/.'. - opendir(3) only generated entries for '.' and '..' directories when FindFirstFileA() failed for the path '.'. It should also do so for any path which resolves to a volume mount point. Make the necessary changes. Adds 64-80 bytes. (GitHub issue #597) Signed-off-by: Ron Yorston

win32: allow stat(2) to skip costly check for execute

2026-05-18T06:55:54+00:00

If 'ls' is invoked without the '-l' option (or something that's equivalent) and colour output isn't required, there's no need to perform the expensive check for execute permission. Allow 'ls' to inform stat(2) not to call has_exec_format(). This has been combined with the existing mechanism to enable counting subdirectories. With this change the command 'ls | wc -l' used in issue #589 doesn't perform the test which upset Windows' anti-malware thing. Adds 32-48 bytes. (GitHub issue #589)

win32: add FAST_FUNC annotations

2026-05-04T10:51:00+00:00

I've been far too lax in applying FAST_FUNC annotations. These can make function calls smaller and faster, but only on 32-bit systems and for non-static, non-variadic functions with non-void arguments. Saves 4680 bytes in the 32-bit build; 64-bit builds are unaffected.

crond: build tweaks

2026-05-03T09:52:29+00:00

Using 'depends on FEATURE_SYSLOG' is unreliable because FEATURE_SYSLOG can't be set directly. A POSIX build with all applets that need syslog disabled *except* crond may fail. Revert to using 'select FEATURE_SYSLOG' in crond and exclude the unused syslog code on Windows. If crond is unable to run sendmail report this in the error message. Update all default Windows configurations. (GitHub PR #561)