On 06/05/2016 02:36 AM, Ron Yorston wrote:
> Denys Vlasenko wrote:
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> (add/remove: 2/0 grow/shrink: 4/2 up/down: 677/-636)           Total: 41 
>> bytes
>>
>> Not looking good...
> 
> Most of the increase is due to the cost of supporting "busyboxANYTHING"
> as equivalent to "busybox".  Without that the increase is 10 bytes.
> 
> Why do we want to do that?

So you can have busybox-x86_64 in the binaries directory and it works
without renaming it, so you can make a busybox-suid with all the
commands that need the suid bit, or if your kink runs to selinux you can
have a busybox-net with the stuff that accesses the network, so that
when you incrementally upgrade a system (as described in the FAQ) you
can add a busybox-1.24.2 to the system next to the old "busybox" from
your 5 year old router BSP...

Well you asked. :)

Rob
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