Kill the now obsolete docs/Configure.help file, and move all existing

help texts into their respective Config.in file.
 -Erik

4 files changed, 61 insertions, 143 deletions

diff --git a/archival/Config.in b/archival/Config.in
index ecef07f7c..121cf0282 100644
--- a/archival/Config.in
+++ b/archival/Config.in
@@ -9,7 +9,17 @@ config CONFIG_AR
         bool "ar"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          ar is an archival utility program used to create, modify, and
+          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,
+          and group are preserved in the archive, and can be restored on
+          extraction.  
+          On an x86 system, the ar applet adds about XXX bytes.
+
+          Unless you have a specific application which requires ar, you should
+          probably say N here.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_AR_LONG_FILENAMES
         bool "  Enable support for long filenames (not need for debs)"
@@ -22,7 +32,17 @@ config CONFIG_BUNZIP2
         bool "bunzip2"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          bunzip2 is an compression utility using the Burrows-Wheeler block
+          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.  
+          
+          The BusyBox bunzip2 applet is limited to de-compression only.  On an
+          x86 system, this applet adds about XXX bytes.
+          
+          Unless you have a specific application which requires bunzip2, you
+          should probably say N here.
 
 config CONFIG_CPIO
         bool "cpio"
diff --git a/debianutils/Config.in b/debianutils/Config.in
index 9f6d840cf..210c43e79 100644
--- a/debianutils/Config.in
+++ b/debianutils/Config.in
@@ -21,7 +21,16 @@ config CONFIG_RUN_PARTS
         bool "run-parts"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          run-parts is an utility designed to run all the scripts in a directory.
+
+          It is useful to set up a directory like cron.daily, where you need to
+          execute all the scripts in that directory.
+
+          This implementation of run-parts doesn't accept long options, and
+          some features (like report mode) aren't implemented.
+
+          Unless you know that run-parts is used in some of your scripts
+          you can safely say N here.
 
 config CONFIG_WHICH
         bool "which"
diff --git a/docs/Configure.help b/docs/Configure.help
deleted file mode 100644
index 53cebd578..000000000
--- a/docs/Configure.help
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,133 +0,0 @@
-# BusyBox configuration option Help File
-#
-# Format of this file: description<nl>variable<nl>help text<nl><nl>.
-# The help texts may contain empty lines, but every non-empty line must
-# be indented two positions.  Order of the help texts does not matter,
-# however, no variable should be documented twice: if it is, only the
-# first occurrence will be used. We try to keep the help texts of related
-# variables close together. Lines starting with `#' are ignored. To be
-# nice to menuconfig, limit your line length to 70 characters. 
-#
-# Comments of the form "# Choice:" followed by a menu name are used
-# internally by the maintainers' consistency-checking tools.
-#
-# If you add a help text to this file, please try to be as gentle as
-# possible. Don't use unexplained acronyms and generally write for the
-# hypothetical ignorant but intelligent user who has just bought a PC,
-# removed Windows, installed Linux and is now compiling up BusyBox
-# for the first time. Tell them what to do if they're unsure. 
-#
-# Mention all the relevant READMEs and HOWTOs in the help text.
-# Make them file URLs relative to the top level of the source tree so
-# that help browsers can turn them into hotlinks.  All URLs ahould be
-# surrounded by <>.
-#
-# Repetitions are fine since the help texts are not meant to be read
-# in sequence.  It is good style to include URLs pointing to more
-# detailed technical information, pictures of the hardware, etc.
-#
-# The most important thing to include in a help entry is *motivation*.
-# Explain why someone configuring BusyBox might want to select your
-# option.
-#
-
-Show verbose applets usage message
-CONFIG_FEATURE_VERBOSE_USAGE
-  All BusyBox applets will show more verbose help messages when
-  busybox is invoked with --help.  This will add lots 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.
-
-Enable automatic symlink creation for BusyBox built-in applets
-CONFIG_FEATURE_INSTALLER
-  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.  This feature requires the
-  /proc filesystem.
-
-Locale support
-CONFIG_LOCALE_SUPPORT
-  Enable this if your system has locale support, and you would like
-  busybox to support locale settings.
-
-Enable devfs support
-CONFIG_FEATURE_DEVFS
-  Enable if you want BusyBox to work with devfs.
-
-Enable devfs support
-CONFIG_FEATURE_DEVPTS
-  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
-  /dev/ttyp<number> will be used. To use this option, you should have
-  devpts or devfs mounted.
-
-Clean up all memory before exiting
-CONFIG_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP
-  As a size optimization, busybox by default does not cleanup memory
-  that is dynamically allocated or close files before exiting. This
-  saves space and is usually not needed since the OS will clean up for
-  us.  Don't enable this unless you have a really good reason to clean
-  things up manually.
-
-Buffers allocation policy
-CONFIG_FEATURE_BUFFERS_USE_MALLOC
-  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.
-  - 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
-    earlier.
-
-Enable the ar applet
-CONFIG_AR
-  ar is an archival utility program used to create, modify, and
-  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,
-  and group are preserved in the archive, and can be restored on
-  extraction.  
-  On an x86 system, the ar applet adds about XXX bytes.
-
-  Unless you have a specific application which requires ar, you should
-  probably say N here.
-
-Enable the bunzip2 applet
-CONFIG_BUNZIP2
-  bunzip2 is an compression utility using the Burrows-Wheeler block
-  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.  
-  
-  The BusyBox bunzip2 applet is limited to de-compression only.  On an
-  x86 system, this applet adds about XXX bytes.
-  
-  Unless you have a specific application which requires bunzip2, you
-  should probably say N here.
-
-# FIXME -- document the rest of the BusyBox config options....
-
-Enable the run-parts applet
-CONFIG_RUN_PARTS
-  run-parts is an utility designed to run all the scripts in a directory.
-
-  It is useful to set up a directory like cron.daily, where you need to
-  execute all the scripts in that directory.
-
-  This implementation of run-parts doesn't accept long options, and
-  some features (like report mode) aren't implemented.
-
-  Unless you know that run-parts is used in some of your scripts
-  you can safely say N here.
-
-# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
-# Local Variables:
-# case-fold-search:nil
-# fill-prefix:"  "
-# adaptive-fill:nil
-# fill-column:70
-# End:
diff --git a/sysdeps/linux/Config.in b/sysdeps/linux/Config.in
index 0fa66eac6..e3bdc4062 100644
--- a/sysdeps/linux/Config.in
+++ b/sysdeps/linux/Config.in
@@ -9,7 +9,14 @@ choice
         prompt "Buffer allocation policy"
         default "Allocate with Malloc"
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          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.
+          - 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
+            earlier.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_BUFFERS_USE_MALLOC
         bool "Allocate with Malloc"
@@ -26,37 +33,52 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_VERBOSE_USAGE
         bool "Show verbose applet usage messages"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          All BusyBox applets will show more verbose help messages when
+          busybox is invoked with --help.  This will add lots 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 CONFIG_FEATURE_INSTALLER
         bool "Support --install [-s] to install applet links at runtime"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          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.  This feature requires the
+          /proc filesystem.
 
 config CONFIG_LOCALE_SUPPORT
         bool "Enable locale support (system needs locale for this to work)"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Enable this if your system has locale support, and you would like
+          busybox to support locale settings.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_DEVFS
         bool "Support for devfs"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Enable if you want BusyBox to work with devfs.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_DEVPTS
         bool "Use the devpts filesystem for Unix98 PTYs"
         default y if CONFIG_FEATURE_DEVFS
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          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
+          /dev/ttyp<number> will be used. To use this option, you should have
+          devpts or devfs mounted.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP
         bool "Clean up all memory before exiting (usually not needed)"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+        As a size optimization, busybox by default does not cleanup memory
+        that is dynamically allocated or close files before exiting. This
+        saves space and is usually not needed since the OS will clean up for
+        us.  Don't enable this unless you have a really good reason to clean
+        things up manually.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
         bool "Support for SUID/SGID handling"