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| author | Denis Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com> | 2009-04-15 11:11:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Denis Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com> | 2009-04-15 11:11:19 +0000 |
| commit | 4e4c5db66a63e0482e2e4a06c8bec637b7088d7b (patch) | |
| tree | 07cbec269b214d2ca2f197a5832b6b26c325d2b2 /docs | |
| parent | 5dcb43a5d1ea07e6b58770741882a4b0b82bb29d (diff) | |
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website: textual fixes in 1.14.0 announcement text
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| @@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ | |||
| 44 | <p>New applets: | 44 | <p>New applets: |
| 45 | <ul> | 45 | <ul> |
| 46 | <li>flash_eraseall: by Sebastian Andrzej Siewior (bigeasy AT linutronix.de)</li> | 46 | <li>flash_eraseall: by Sebastian Andrzej Siewior (bigeasy AT linutronix.de)</li> |
| 47 | <li>acpid,mkdosfs (aka mkfs.vfat),tunctl: by Vladimir</li> | 47 | <li>acpid, mkdosfs, tunctl: by Vladimir</li> |
| 48 | <li>ftpd: by Adam Tkac</li> | 48 | <li>ftpd: by Adam Tkac (vonsch AT gmail.com)</li> |
| 49 | <li>timeout: by Roberto Foglietta</li> | 49 | <li>timeout: by Roberto Foglietta</li> |
| 50 | <li>ionice: adapted from Linux kernel' example by Walter Harms</li> | 50 | <li>ionice: adapted from Linux kernel example by Walter Harms</li> |
| 51 | <li>mkpasswd: synonym to cryptpw. mkpasswd is in Debian, OTOH cryptpw was added to busybox earlier. Trying to make both camps happy by making those two applets just aliases. They are command-line compatible</li> | 51 | <li>mkpasswd: synonym to cryptpw. mkpasswd is in Debian, OTOH cryptpw was added to busybox earlier. Trying to make both camps happy by making those two applets just aliases. They are command-line compatible</li> |
| 52 | </ul> | 52 | </ul> |
| 53 | 53 | ||
| @@ -55,16 +55,18 @@ | |||
| 55 | 55 | ||
| 56 | <p>lash and msh are deprecated, please migrate to hush. | 56 | <p>lash and msh are deprecated, please migrate to hush. |
| 57 | 57 | ||
| 58 | <p>hush had many, many fixes and features added: here documents, arithmetic evaluation, function support, and all this works on NOMMU too, safely: 100kb-sized `command` and heredocs. Here document support, arithmetic evaluation, improved ${var} ops, other fixes are by Mike Frysinger (vapier AT gentoo.org). | 58 | <p>hush had many, many fixes and features added: here documents, arithmetic evaluation, function support, and all this works on NOMMU too, safely, including 100kb-sized `command` and here documents. Here document support, arithmetic evaluation, improved ${var} operations, other fixes are by Mike Frysinger (vapier AT gentoo.org). |
| 59 | 59 | ||
| 60 | <p>Other changes: | 60 | <p>Other changes: |
| 61 | <ul> | 61 | <ul> |
| 62 | <li>libbb: unify concurrent-safe update of /etc/{passwd,group,[g]shadow}. By Tito (farmatito AT tiscali.it)</li> | 62 | <li>libbb: unify concurrent-safe update of /etc/{passwd,group,[g]shadow}. By Tito (farmatito AT tiscali.it)</li> |
| 63 | <li>libbb/sha1/256/512: major code shrink</li> | 63 | <li>libbb/sha{1,256,512}: major code shrink</li> |
| 64 | <li>libbb/lineedit: make history saving/loading concurrent-safe</li> | 64 | <li>libbb/lineedit: make history saving/loading concurrent-safe</li> |
| 65 | <li>libbb: shrink linked list ops. By xmaks AT email.cz</li> | 65 | <li>libbb: shrink linked list ops. By xmaks AT email.cz</li> |
| 66 | <li>libbb: str2sockaddr shuld accept [IPv6] addr without port - wget 'ftp://[::1]/file' needs that to work</li> | 66 | <li>libbb: str2sockaddr should accept [IPv6] addr without port - wget 'ftp://[::1]/file' needs that to work</li> |
| 67 | <li>libbb: make bb_info_msg do atomic, unbuffered writes</li> | 67 | <li>libbb: make bb_info_msg do atomic, unbuffered writes</li> |
| 68 | <li>util-linux/volumeid: abort early on read failures. Should help with probing missing fdd's</li> | ||
| 69 | <li>util-linux/volumeid: fix bug 249 "findfs finds the wrong partition"</li> | ||
| 68 | <li>adduser: allow adding to group 0; don't _create_ /etc/shadow, only append data if it exists</li> | 70 | <li>adduser: allow adding to group 0; don't _create_ /etc/shadow, only append data if it exists</li> |
| 69 | <li>ash: fix mishandled ^C</li> | 71 | <li>ash: fix mishandled ^C</li> |
| 70 | <li>ash: fix "ash -c 'exec 1>&0'" complaining that fd 0 is busy</li> | 72 | <li>ash: fix "ash -c 'exec 1>&0'" complaining that fd 0 is busy</li> |
| @@ -72,7 +74,6 @@ | |||
| 72 | <li>ash: fix a case where we close wrong descriptor</li> | 74 | <li>ash: fix a case where we close wrong descriptor</li> |
| 73 | <li>ash: fix bad interaction between ash -c '....&' and bash compat</li> | 75 | <li>ash: fix bad interaction between ash -c '....&' and bash compat</li> |
| 74 | <li>ash: fix miscalculation of memory needed for eval tree. Found by Timo Teras (timo.teras AT iki.fi)</li> | 76 | <li>ash: fix miscalculation of memory needed for eval tree. Found by Timo Teras (timo.teras AT iki.fi)</li> |
| 75 | <li>ash: in dotrap(), do not clear gotsig[] for SIGINT if there is no handler for it, otherwise raise interrupt gets confused later</li> | ||
| 76 | <li>ash: make dot command search current directory first, as bash does</li> | 77 | <li>ash: make dot command search current directory first, as bash does</li> |
| 77 | <li>ash: make evaltree save/restore int suppression depth. Hopefully this fixes bug 189</li> | 78 | <li>ash: make evaltree save/restore int suppression depth. Hopefully this fixes bug 189</li> |
| 78 | <li>ash: printf builtin with no arguments should not exit</li> | 79 | <li>ash: printf builtin with no arguments should not exit</li> |
| @@ -84,16 +85,16 @@ | |||
| 84 | <li>chat: recognize RECORD directive</li> | 85 | <li>chat: recognize RECORD directive</li> |
| 85 | <li>cksum, printenv: report errors via exitcode</li> | 86 | <li>cksum, printenv: report errors via exitcode</li> |
| 86 | <li>cpio: add -p, -0 and -L options</li> | 87 | <li>cpio: add -p, -0 and -L options</li> |
| 87 | <li>crond,crontab: make cron directory location configurable</li> | 88 | <li>crond, crontab: make cron directory location configurable</li> |
| 88 | <li>crond: correct more of logfile to 0666 (as usual, umask allows user to remove unwanted bits)</li> | 89 | <li>crond: correct more of logfile to 0666 (as usual, umask allows user to remove unwanted bits)</li> |
| 89 | <li>crond: put tasks in separate process groups</li> | 90 | <li>crond: put tasks in separate process groups</li> |
| 90 | <li>dc: fix the "base 2" patch omission of base not being set</li> | 91 | <li>dc: fix the "base 2" patch omission of base not being set</li> |
| 91 | <li>depmod: accept and ignore -r. Linux kernel build needs this</li> | 92 | <li>depmod: accept and ignore -r. Linux kernel build needs this</li> |
| 92 | <li>depmod: fix -b option. By timo.teras AT iki.fi</li> | 93 | <li>depmod: fix -b option. By timo.teras AT iki.fi</li> |
| 93 | <li>udhcpd,dumpleases: write and use 64-bit current time in lease file. without it, determination of remaining lease time is unreliable</li> | 94 | <li>udhcpd, dumpleases: write and use 64-bit current time in lease file. Without it, determination of remaining lease time is unreliable</li> |
| 94 | <li>udhcpd: remember and record hostnames</li> | 95 | <li>udhcpd: remember hostnames of clients</li> |
| 95 | <li>dhcprelay: fix usage text. Simplify and make code more readable</li> | 96 | <li>dumpleases: fix -a option</li> |
| 96 | <li>dumpleases: fix -a option; show hostnames</li> | 97 | <li>dumpleases: show hostnames</li> |
| 97 | <li>udhcpc: fix a problem where we don't open listening socket fast enough</li> | 98 | <li>udhcpc: fix a problem where we don't open listening socket fast enough</li> |
| 98 | <li>udhcpc: stop filtering environment passed to the script</li> | 99 | <li>udhcpc: stop filtering environment passed to the script</li> |
| 99 | <li>udhcpd: add code which rejects lease files with suspicious or old timestamp</li> | 100 | <li>udhcpd: add code which rejects lease files with suspicious or old timestamp</li> |
| @@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ | |||
| 102 | <li>dpkg: better and shorter code to compare versions. Taken from "official" dpkg by Eugene T. Bordenkircher (eugebo AT gmail.com)</li> | 103 | <li>dpkg: better and shorter code to compare versions. Taken from "official" dpkg by Eugene T. Bordenkircher (eugebo AT gmail.com)</li> |
| 103 | <li>du: fix "du /dir /dir" case</li> | 104 | <li>du: fix "du /dir /dir" case</li> |
| 104 | <li>env: support -uVAR=VAL</li> | 105 | <li>env: support -uVAR=VAL</li> |
| 105 | <li>expand: fix incorrect expansion exactly on tab boundary; shrink the code</li> | 106 | <li>expand, unexpand: fix incorrect expansion in some cases</li> |
| 106 | <li>expr: a bit more robust handling of regexps with groups. Closes bug 87</li> | 107 | <li>expr: a bit more robust handling of regexps with groups. Closes bug 87</li> |
| 107 | <li>find: support --mindepth</li> | 108 | <li>find: support --mindepth</li> |
| 108 | <li>getty: fix handling of speed 0; stop using non-portable way of setting speeds</li> | 109 | <li>getty: fix handling of speed 0; stop using non-portable way of setting speeds</li> |
| @@ -119,7 +120,6 @@ | |||
| 119 | <li>init: test for vt terminal with VT_OPENQRY, assume that anything else is TERM=vt102, not TERM=linux. Closes bug 195</li> | 120 | <li>init: test for vt terminal with VT_OPENQRY, assume that anything else is TERM=vt102, not TERM=linux. Closes bug 195</li> |
| 120 | <li>inotifyd: add x, o, and u events</li> | 121 | <li>inotifyd: add x, o, and u events</li> |
| 121 | <li>inotifyd: fix buffer overflow and "unreaped zombies" problem</li> | 122 | <li>inotifyd: fix buffer overflow and "unreaped zombies" problem</li> |
| 122 | <li>inotifyd: exit if x event happened for all files</li> | ||
| 123 | <li>inotifyd: conserve resourses by closing unused inotify descriptors</li> | 123 | <li>inotifyd: conserve resourses by closing unused inotify descriptors</li> |
| 124 | <li>insmod/modprobe: do not pass NULL to kernel as module parameter</li> | 124 | <li>insmod/modprobe: do not pass NULL to kernel as module parameter</li> |
| 125 | <li>ip: in "ip rule add from all table 1", "all" is taken as 0.0.0.0/32, whereas "any" and "default" would be 0.0.0.0/0. They must be all 0.0.0.0/0. Closes bug 57</li> | 125 | <li>ip: in "ip rule add from all table 1", "all" is taken as 0.0.0.0/32, whereas "any" and "default" would be 0.0.0.0/0. They must be all 0.0.0.0/0. Closes bug 57</li> |
| @@ -134,14 +134,11 @@ | |||
| 134 | <li>mdev: ignore events with "$SUBSYSTEM" == "firmware" && "$ACTION" == "remove"</li> | 134 | <li>mdev: ignore events with "$SUBSYSTEM" == "firmware" && "$ACTION" == "remove"</li> |
| 135 | <li>mdev: provide $SUBSYSTEM. By Vladimir</li> | 135 | <li>mdev: provide $SUBSYSTEM. By Vladimir</li> |
| 136 | <li>modprobe/insmod for 2.4: support compressed modules. By Guenter (lists AT gknw.net)</li> | 136 | <li>modprobe/insmod for 2.4: support compressed modules. By Guenter (lists AT gknw.net)</li> |
| 137 | <li>modprobe: emit "can't open 'modules.dep': (errno)" instead of "module not found"</li> | ||
| 138 | <li>modprobe: rework/speedup by Timo Teras (timo.teras AT iki.fi)</li> | 137 | <li>modprobe: rework/speedup by Timo Teras (timo.teras AT iki.fi)</li> |
| 139 | <li>modutils-24: fix bad interaction of xzalloc with xrealloc_vector</li> | 138 | <li>modutils-24: fix bad interaction of xzalloc with xrealloc_vector</li> |
| 140 | <li>mount: support "-O option"</li> | 139 | <li>mount: support "-O option", stop trying to mount swap partitions, fix CIFS support</li> |
| 141 | <li>mount: stop trying to mount swap partitions</li> | ||
| 142 | <li>mount: fix CIFS support</li> | ||
| 143 | <li>mountpoint: add -n option. By Vladimir</li> | 140 | <li>mountpoint: add -n option. By Vladimir</li> |
| 144 | <li>nslookup: allow usage of IPv6 addresses or hostnames for DNS server name; allow for port specification. Tested to work: "nslookup google.com [::1]:5353". glibc + IPv6 address of DNS server still does not work</li> | 141 | <li>nslookup: allow usage of IPv6 addresses or hostnames for DNS server name; allow for port specification. Tested to work on uclibc svn: "nslookup google.com [::1]:5353". glibc + IPv6 address of DNS server still does not work</li> |
| 145 | <li>popmaildir: fix several grave bugs with using memory past end of malloc block</li> | 142 | <li>popmaildir: fix several grave bugs with using memory past end of malloc block</li> |
| 146 | <li>printf: fix 1.12.0 breakage (from %*d fix), it was misinterpreting "*"</li> | 143 | <li>printf: fix 1.12.0 breakage (from %*d fix), it was misinterpreting "*"</li> |
| 147 | <li>printf: make integer format strings print long long-sized values</li> | 144 | <li>printf: make integer format strings print long long-sized values</li> |
| @@ -154,7 +151,7 @@ | |||
| 154 | <li>sysctl: fix another corner case with "dots and slashes"</li> | 151 | <li>sysctl: fix another corner case with "dots and slashes"</li> |
| 155 | <li>sysctl: fix broken -p [file]. Closes bug 231</li> | 152 | <li>sysctl: fix broken -p [file]. Closes bug 231</li> |
| 156 | <li>sysctl: support recursing if name is a directory: "sysctl net.ipv4.conf". Patch by xmaks AT email.cz</li> | 153 | <li>sysctl: support recursing if name is a directory: "sysctl net.ipv4.conf". Patch by xmaks AT email.cz</li> |
| 157 | <li>syslogd: comment out file locking; make signal handling syncronous</li> | 154 | <li>syslogd: make signal handling syncronous</li> |
| 158 | <li>syslogd: create logfile with 0666 (affected by umask as usual), not 0600</li> | 155 | <li>syslogd: create logfile with 0666 (affected by umask as usual), not 0600</li> |
| 159 | <li>tail: fix tail +N syntax not working. Closes bug 221</li> | 156 | <li>tail: fix tail +N syntax not working. Closes bug 221</li> |
| 160 | <li>tar: do not change new tarfile's mode, GNU tar doesn't do it</li> | 157 | <li>tar: do not change new tarfile's mode, GNU tar doesn't do it</li> |
| @@ -164,21 +161,15 @@ | |||
| 164 | <li>tftp: when we infer local name from remote (-r [/]path/path/file), strip path. This mimics wget and is generally more intuitive</li> | 161 | <li>tftp: when we infer local name from remote (-r [/]path/path/file), strip path. This mimics wget and is generally more intuitive</li> |
| 165 | <li>timeout: fix parsing of -t NUM on MMU</li> | 162 | <li>timeout: fix parsing of -t NUM on MMU</li> |
| 166 | <li>top: make it work again on 2.4 kernels. Closes bug 125</li> | 163 | <li>top: make it work again on 2.4 kernels. Closes bug 125</li> |
| 167 | <li>tr: fix overflow in expand and complement, fix stop after [:class:]</li> | 164 | <li>tr: fix overflow in expand and complement, fix stop after [:class:], fix handling of ranges and [x]'s</li> |
| 168 | <li>tr: support -C as synonym to -c</li> | 165 | <li>tr: support -C as synonym to -c, support [:xdigit:]</li> |
| 169 | <li>tr: support [:xdigit:], fix handling of ranges and [x]'s</li> | ||
| 170 | <li>traceroute: rewrite. Do not emit raw IP packets, instead send UDP or ICMP packets and rely on the kernel to form IP headers, select source IP and interface</li> | 166 | <li>traceroute: rewrite. Do not emit raw IP packets, instead send UDP or ICMP packets and rely on the kernel to form IP headers, select source IP and interface</li> |
| 171 | <li>uname: add support for -i and -o, fix printing of unknown -p value with -a option</li> | 167 | <li>uname: add support for -i and -o, fix printing of unknown -p value with -a option, support long options</li> |
| 172 | <li>uname: support long options</li> | ||
| 173 | <li>unexpand: fix incorrect expansion</li> | ||
| 174 | <li>unzip: fix thinko with le/be conv and size. Closes bug 129</li> | 168 | <li>unzip: fix thinko with le/be conv and size. Closes bug 129</li> |
| 175 | <li>vi: fix several instances of major goof: when text grows, text[] might get reallocated! We were keeping around pointers to old place</li> | 169 | <li>vi: fix several instances of major goof: when text grows, text[] might get reallocated! We were keeping around pointers to old place</li> |
| 176 | <li>vi: speedup and code shrink. By Walter Harms</li> | 170 | <li>vi: speedup and code shrink. By Walter Harms</li> |
| 177 | <li>volume_id: abort early on read failures. Should help with probing missing fdd's</li> | ||
| 178 | <li>volumeid: fix bug 249 "findfs finds the wrong partition"</li> | ||
| 179 | <li>wget: --post-data support. By Harald Kuthe (harald-tuxbox AT arcor.de)</li> | 171 | <li>wget: --post-data support. By Harald Kuthe (harald-tuxbox AT arcor.de)</li> |
| 180 | <li>wget: fix --header handling</li> | 172 | <li>wget: fix --header handling, more robust EINTR detection</li> |
| 181 | <li>wget: more robust EINTR detection</li> | ||
| 182 | </ul> | 173 | </ul> |
| 183 | </p> | 174 | </p> |
| 184 | 175 | ||