On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 2:43 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>> > > > On Mon, 2017-08-14 at 16:42 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
>> > > > > > > run-init
>> > > > >
>> > > > > This tool is doing this:
>> > > >
>> > > > [...]
>> > > > > There is the "switch_root" tool in util-linux which does the
>> > > > >
On Wed, 2017-08-23 at 14:36 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
[...]
> I take you also will need ipconfig, as it seems to be the tool developed
> to handle IP autoconfiguration thingy:
> ip=::
> I'm looking at it right now.
> Can you point me to scripts / other places where it is used in Debian?
On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 2:43 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Tue, 2017-08-22 at 10:38 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
>> > > I added run-init to busybox just now, but I don't see -n option
>> > > in
>> > > klibc-2.0.4 source. Can you point me to the source code with -n?
>> >
>> > It's not upstream yet,
On Tue, 2017-08-22 at 10:38 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 8:38 PM, Ben Hutchings
> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2017-08-21 at 19:40 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Ben Hutchings > > > g.uk> wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 2017-08-14 at 16:42 +0200, Deny
On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 8:38 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Mon, 2017-08-21 at 19:40 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
>> > On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Ben Hutchings
>> > wrote:
>> > On Mon, 2017-08-14 at 16:42 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
>> > > > > run-init
>> > >
>> > > This tool is doing this
On Mon, 2017-08-21 at 19:40 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > On Mon, 2017-08-14 at 16:42 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> > > > > run-init
> > >
> > > This tool is doing this:
> >
> > [...]
> > > There is the "switch_root" tool in util-linu
On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Mon, 2017-08-14 at 16:42 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
>> > > run-init
>>
>> This tool is doing this:
> [...]
>> There is the "switch_root" tool in util-linux which does the
>> crucial part of this functionality - deleting / remounting / ch
On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>> If you want "resume" and "ipconfig" in bbox, I can do that.
>
> Go for it.
Added resume, nuke, minips so far.
On Mon, 2017-08-14 at 16:42 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
[...]
> > > minips
>
> It's just mini-ps. Proliferation of reinvented tools
> with slightly different names.
It's not a POSIX-compliant ps implementation. Anyway, initramfs-tools
doesn't need it.
> > > nuke
>
> This is "rm -rf -- FILE".
>> ipconfig
Looks like it is used to run DHCP / BOOTP / RARP
on several interfaces, including a possibility
to run it on _all_ existing interfaces
(excluding loopback and point-to-point).
I see how this can be useful during boot.
>> minips
It's just mini-ps. Proliferation of reinvented tools
wi
On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 3:05 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Mon, 2017-08-14 at 14:55 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
>> On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 4:15 PM, Ben Hutchings
>> wrote:
>> > On Fri, 2017-08-11 at 14:54 -0400, Chris Boot wrote:
>> > [...]
>> > > - The default initramfs assembly system, initram
On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 4:15 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-08-11 at 14:54 -0400, Chris Boot wrote:
> [...]
>> - The default initramfs assembly system, initramfs-tools, incorporates
>> busybox into the initramfs and it's used until the root filesystem (and
>> /usr if separate) is mounted
On Mon, 2017-08-14 at 14:55 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 4:15 PM, Ben Hutchings
> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2017-08-11 at 14:54 -0400, Chris Boot wrote:
> > [...]
> > > - The default initramfs assembly system, initramfs-tools, incorporates
> > > busybox into the initramfs and it
On Fri, 2017-08-11 at 14:54 -0400, Chris Boot wrote:
[...]
> - The default initramfs assembly system, initramfs-tools, incorporates
> busybox into the initramfs and it's used until the root filesystem (and
> /usr if separate) is mounted and can be pivot_rooted into. We also use
> parts of klibc in
On 11/08/17 14:13, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
>> In the mean time, please let us know if you have any questions.
> What is Debian using bbox for?
Hi Denys,
It's used principally in two places:
- It's bundled in the Debian Installer ramdisk and used as the shell,
bootstrap for D-I and its applets prov
On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 7:01 PM, Chris Boot wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This is a short note to say that Christoph (CCed) and I are taking over
> packaging of Busybox in Debian. I'm hoping that we will both be fairly
> active in here (the busybox mailing list) from now on.
>
>
Hi all,
This is a short note to say that Christoph (CCed) and I are taking over
packaging of Busybox in Debian. I'm hoping that we will both be fairly
active in here (the busybox mailing list) from now on.
We've got a lot of work to do to update Busybox in Debian to a more
modern versi
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