A few updates (including the cp fix the Craig has been looking for)

 -Erik

1 files changed, 66 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/update.c b/miscutils/update.c
index fef188bba..bb77c5f1f 100644
--- a/miscutils/update.c
+++ b/miscutils/update.c
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 /* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
 /*
- * Mini update implementation for busybox
+ * Mini update implementation for busybox; much pasted from update-2.11
  *
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1995, 1996 by Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>.
+ * Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1999 Torsten Poulin.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000 by Karl M. Hegbloom <karlheg@debian.org>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -23,6 +25,8 @@
 
 #include "internal.h"
 #include <linux/unistd.h>
+#include <sys/param.h>
+#include <sys/syslog.h>
 
 #if defined(__GLIBC__)
 #include <sys/kdaemon.h>
@@ -30,37 +34,79 @@
 _syscall2(int, bdflush, int, func, int, data);
 #endif                                                  /* __GLIBC__ */
 
+static char update_usage[] =
+        "update [options]\n"
+        "  -S\tforce use of sync(2) instead of flushing\n"
+        "  -s SECS\tcall sync this often (default 30)\n"
+        "  -f SECS\tflush some buffers this often (default 5)\n";
+
+static unsigned int sync_duration = 30;
+static unsigned int flush_duration = 5;
+static int use_sync = 0;
+
 extern int update_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-        /*
-         * Update is actually two daemons, bdflush and update.
-         */
         int pid;
 
+        while (**argv == '-') {
+                while (*++(*argv)) {
+                        switch (**argv) {
+                        case 'S':
+                                use_sync = 1;
+                                break;
+                        case 's':
+                                if (--argc < 1) usage(update_usage);
+                                sync_duration = atoi(*(++argv));
+                                break;
+                        case 'f':
+                                if (--argc < 1) usage(update_usage);
+                                flush_duration = atoi(*(++argv));
+                                break;
+                        }
+                }
+                argc--;
+                argv++;
+        }
+
         pid = fork();
         if (pid < 0)
-                return pid;
+                exit(FALSE);
         else if (pid == 0) {
+                /* Become a proper daemon */
+                setsid();
+                chdir("/");
+                for (pid = 0; pid < OPEN_MAX; pid++) close(pid);
+
                 /*
                  * This is no longer necessary since 1.3.5x, but it will harmlessly
                  * exit if that is the case.
                  */
-                strcpy(argv[0], "bdflush (update)");
-                argv[1] = 0;
-                argv[2] = 0;
-                bdflush(1, 0);
-                _exit(0);
-        }
-        pid = fork();
-        if (pid < 0)
-                return pid;
-        else if (pid == 0) {
-                argv[0] = "update";
+                argv[0] = "bdflush (update)";
+                argv[1] = NULL;
+                argv[2] = NULL;
                 for (;;) {
-                        sync();
-                        sleep(30);
+                        if (use_sync) {
+                                sleep(sync_duration);
+                                sync();
+                        } else {
+                                sleep(flush_duration);
+                                if (bdflush(1, 0) < 0) {
+                                        openlog("update", LOG_CONS, LOG_DAEMON);
+                                        syslog(LOG_INFO,
+                                                   "This kernel does not need update(8). Exiting.");
+                                        closelog();
+                                        exit(TRUE);
+                                }
+                        }
                 }
         }
-
-        return 0;
+        return TRUE;
 }
+
+/*
+Local Variables:
+c-file-style: "linux"
+c-basic-offset: 4
+tab-width: 4
+End:
+*/