Doc update for the 0.51 release.
-Erik
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@@ -45,9 +45,8 @@ the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU counterparts.
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BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and limited resources in mind.
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It is also extremely modular so you can easily include or exclude commands (or
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features) at compile time. This makes it easy to customize your embedded
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systems. To create a working system, just add /dev, a kernel, and an editor,
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such as nano, e3, or elvis-tiny. For a really minimal system, you can even use
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the busybox shell (not Bourne compatible, but very small and quite usable).
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systems. To create a working system, just add /dev, a kernel, and a shell.
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For a really minimal system, you can even use the busybox shell (not Bourne compatible, but very small and quite usable), and the busybox vi editor.
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<p>
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BusyBox is now maintained by
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@@ -83,6 +82,36 @@ To subscribe, go and visit <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/mailman/listinfo
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<ul>
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<li> <b>10 April 2001 -- BusyBox 0.51 released</b>
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<br>
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BusyBox 0.51 (the "rock-solid release") is now out there. This
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release adds only 2 new applets: env and vi. The vi applet,
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contributed by Sterling Huxley, is very functional, and is only
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22k. This release fixes 3 critical bugs in the 0.50 release.
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There were 2 potential segfaults in lash (the busybox shell) in
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the 0.50 release which are now fixed. Another critical bug in
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0.50 which is now fixed: syslogd from 0.50 could potentially
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deadlock the init process and thereby break your entire system.
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<p>
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There are a number of improvements in this release as well. For
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one thing, the wget applet is greatly improved. Dmitry Zakharov
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added FTP support, and Laurence Anderson make wget fully RFC
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compliant for HTTP 1.1. The mechanism for including utility
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functions in previous releases was clumsy and error prone. Now
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all utility functions are part of a new libbb library, which makes
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maintaining utility functions much simpler. And BusyBox now
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compiles on itanium systems (thanks to the Debian itanium porters
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for letting me use their system!).
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<p>
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You can read the
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<a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a> for
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complete details. BusyBox 0.51 can be downloaded from
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<a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox">ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox</a>.
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<p>Have Fun!
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<p>
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<li> <b>Busybox Boot-Floppy Image</b>
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<p>Because you asked for it, we have made available a <a href=
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