Make 'busybox --help' work as expected, closing bug #1139

 -Erik

4 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/applets.c b/applets.c
index c2ccb88fa..10b44a5fc 100644
--- a/applets.c
+++ b/applets.c
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ extern void show_usage(void)
         const char *format_string;
         const char *usage_string = usage_messages;
         int i;
+        /* From busybox.c */
+        extern int been_there_done_that;
+
+        if (strcmp(applet_using->name, "busybox")==0) {
+                been_there_done_that=1;
+                busybox_main(0, NULL);
+        }
 
         for (i = applet_using - applets; i > 0; ) {
                 if (!*usage_string++) {
diff --git a/applets/applets.c b/applets/applets.c
index c2ccb88fa..10b44a5fc 100644
--- a/applets/applets.c
+++ b/applets/applets.c
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ extern void show_usage(void)
         const char *format_string;
         const char *usage_string = usage_messages;
         int i;
+        /* From busybox.c */
+        extern int been_there_done_that;
+
+        if (strcmp(applet_using->name, "busybox")==0) {
+                been_there_done_that=1;
+                busybox_main(0, NULL);
+        }
 
         for (i = applet_using - applets; i > 0; ) {
                 if (!*usage_string++) {
diff --git a/applets/busybox.c b/applets/busybox.c
index 03a2525a3..5085556d6 100644
--- a/applets/busybox.c
+++ b/applets/busybox.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #define BB_DECLARE_EXTERN
 #include "messages.c"
 
-static int been_there_done_that = 0;
+int been_there_done_that = 0; /* Also used in applets.c */
 const char *applet_name;
 
 #ifdef BB_FEATURE_INSTALLER
diff --git a/busybox.c b/busybox.c
index 03a2525a3..5085556d6 100644
--- a/busybox.c
+++ b/busybox.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #define BB_DECLARE_EXTERN
 #include "messages.c"
 
-static int been_there_done_that = 0;
+int been_there_done_that = 0; /* Also used in applets.c */
 const char *applet_name;
 
 #ifdef BB_FEATURE_INSTALLER