tweaks to build system, mainly making menuconfig text and order clearer

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index 828b30471..d9c823199 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -123,6 +123,14 @@ config FEATURE_INSTALLER
           busybox at runtime to create hard links or symlinks for all the
           applets that are compiled into busybox.
 
+config INSTALL_NO_USR
+        bool "Don't use /usr"
+        default n
+        depends on FEATURE_INSTALLER
+        help
+          Disable use of /usr. busybox --install will install applets
+          only to /bin and /sbin, never to /usr/bin or /usr/sbin.
+
 config LOCALE_SUPPORT
         bool "Enable locale support (system needs locale for this to work)"
         default n
@@ -275,15 +283,6 @@ config FEATURE_CLEAN_UP
           Don't enable this unless you have a really good reason to clean
           things up manually.
 
-config FEATURE_UTMP
-        bool "Support utmp file"
-        default y
-        help
-          The file /var/run/utmp is used to track who is currently logged in.
-          With this option on, certain applets (getty, login, telnetd etc)
-          will create and delete entries there.
-          "who" applet requires this option.
-
 config FEATURE_WTMP
         bool "Support wtmp file"
         default y
@@ -295,6 +294,15 @@ config FEATURE_WTMP
           will append new entries there.
           "last" applet requires this option.
 
+config FEATURE_UTMP
+        bool "Support utmp file"
+        default y
+        help
+          The file /var/run/utmp is used to track who is currently logged in.
+          With this option on, certain applets (getty, login, telnetd etc)
+          will create and delete entries there.
+          "who" applet requires this option.
+
 config FEATURE_PIDFILE
         bool "Support writing pidfiles"
         default y
@@ -307,14 +315,19 @@ config FEATURE_SUID
         default y
         help
           With this option you can install the busybox binary belonging
-          to root with the suid bit set, and it will automatically drop
-          priviledges for applets that don't need root access.
+          to root with the suid bit set, enabling some applets to perform
+          root-level operations even when run by ordinary users
+          (for example, mounting of user mounts in fstab needs this).
+
+          Busybox will automatically drop priviledges for applets
+          that don't need root access.
 
           If you are really paranoid and don't want to do this, build two
           busybox binaries with different applets in them (and the appropriate
           symlinks pointing to each binary), and only set the suid bit on the
-          one that needs it. The applets currently marked to need the suid bit
-          are:
+          one that needs it.
+
+          The applets currently marked to need the suid bit are:
 
           crontab, dnsd, findfs, ipcrm, ipcs, login, passwd, ping, su,
           traceroute, vlock.
@@ -651,20 +664,13 @@ endchoice
 
 endmenu
 
-menu 'Installation Options'
-
-config INSTALL_NO_USR
-        bool "Don't use /usr"
-        default n
-        help
-          Disable use of /usr. Don't activate this option if you don't know
-          that you really want this behaviour.
+menu 'Installation Options ("make install" behavior)'
 
 choice
-        prompt "Applets links"
+        prompt "What kind of applet links to install"
         default INSTALL_APPLET_SYMLINKS
         help
-          Choose how you install applets links.
+          Choose what kind of links to applets are created by "make install".
 
 config INSTALL_APPLET_SYMLINKS
         bool "as soft-links"
@@ -688,8 +694,9 @@ config INSTALL_APPLET_DONT
         bool "not installed"
         depends on FEATURE_INSTALLER || FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE || FEATURE_PREFER_APPLETS
         help
-          Do not install applet links. Useful when using the -install feature
-          or a standalone shell for rescue purposes.
+          Do not install applet links. Useful when you plan to use
+          busybox --install for installing links, or plan to use
+          a standalone shell and thus don't need applet links.
 
 endchoice
 
@@ -713,8 +720,8 @@ config INSTALL_SH_APPLET_HARDLINK
 config INSTALL_SH_APPLET_SCRIPT_WRAPPER
         bool "as script wrapper"
         help
-          Install /bin/sh applet as script wrapper that call the busybox
-          binary.
+          Install /bin/sh applet as script wrapper that calls
+          the busybox binary.
 
 endchoice