Re: [Gumstix-users] [patch] busybox sync (from uclibc's buildroot)

[Brad H. <br...@ma...>]

Never saw any reply to this ... just wanted to know if there was
any input on this patch (e.g. rejected) ... trying to clear
my queue...

Thanks.
-Brad

Brad House wrote:
> Looks like busybox has been lagging behind a bit in updates here...
> I've created a patch to sync with buildroot.uclibc.org's busybox
> which gives a version selection.
> 
> I have made a couple of modifications, which were necessary because
> of divergence from the original buildroot.  I've also defaulted
> to busybox 1.1.3 with the same config file as is currently
> used (current svn uses busybox 1.1.2).
> 
> Personally, I plan on using the latest 1.6.1, but I figured if
> we maintained the latest 1.1 series, people would be more comfortable.
> 
> Also, for some reason the current busybox doesn't use the
> BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG arg, but it is set, which can
> interfere with this version which does honor that arg. For
> this to work, you may need to change the path to point to
> the relevant config file, or just remove that line from your
> current .config file, and make menuconfig, as it will auto-choose
> an appropriate config.
> 
> I'd recommend applying this patch like this:
> 
> # remove old unneeded files
> cd package/busybox && svn rm udhcp-log.patch \
> stat-jffs2.patch \
> ifupdown-dhcp-background.patch \
> ip-module-loading.patch \
> depmod.patch \
> 921600-baud.patch \
> series \
> sortbig-config.patch \
> dhcpc-background.patch zcip.sh
> 
> # apply patch (which adds new files), and also modifies the
> # main .defconfig
> zcat busybox-syc-1.6.1.patch.gz | patch -p0
> 
> # add to svn a bunch of new files.
> cd package/busybox && svn add busybox-1.0.1.config \
> busybox-1.1.3.config \
> busybox-1.2.2.1-max_host_len_40.patch \
> busybox-1.2.2.1.config \
> busybox-1.4.0-conf.patch \
> busybox-1.4.0-libnetlink.patch \
> busybox-1.4.0-max_host_len_40.patch \
> busybox-1.4.0-parse_config_file.patch \
> busybox-1.4.0-syslogd-n.patch \
> busybox-1.4.0-tar.patch \
> busybox-1.4.0.config \
> busybox-1.4.1-binhex.patch \
> busybox-1.4.1-iproute.patch \
> busybox-1.4.1-tar_t.patch \
> busybox-1.4.1-tftp.patch \
> busybox-1.4.1-wgetSEGV.patch \
> busybox-1.4.1.config \
> busybox-1.5.0-hdparm.patch \
> busybox-1.5.0-max_host_len_40.patch \
> busybox-1.5.0-ps.patch \
> busybox-1.5.0-sed.patch \
> busybox-1.5.0.config \
> busybox-1.6.0-echo.patch \
> busybox-1.6.0-hushdep.patch \
> busybox-1.6.0-test.patch \
> busybox-1.6.0.config
> 
> # commit
> svn commit -m "sync busybox"
> 
> -Brad
> 
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