Re: Busybox in Debian

2018-01-14 Thread Denys Vlasenko
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

Re: Busybox in Debian

2017-08-25 Thread Ben Hutchings
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?

Re: Busybox in Debian

2017-08-23 Thread Denys Vlasenko
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? >> > >> >

Re: Busybox in Debian

2017-08-22 Thread Ben Hutchings
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: > > >

Re: Busybox in Debian

2017-08-22 Thread Denys Vlasenko
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: >> > > > >

Re: Busybox in Debian

2017-08-21 Thread Ben Hutchings
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

Re: Busybox in Debian

2017-08-21 Thread Denys Vlasenko
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 -

Re: Busybox in Debian

2017-08-18 Thread Denys Vlasenko
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. ___ busybox mailing list busybox@busybox.net

Re: Busybox in Debian

2017-08-14 Thread Mattias Schlenker
Am 14.08.2017 um 16:42 schrieb Denys Vlasenko: If you want "resume" and "ipconfig" in bbox, I can do that. The weird thing with Debian is that any package can add scripts to the initramfs and call an initramfs update after installation. This perfectly makes sense for tools that manage

Re: Busybox in Debian

2017-08-14 Thread Denys Vlasenko
>> 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

Re: Busybox in Debian

2017-08-14 Thread Denys Vlasenko
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: >> > [...] >> > > -

Re: Busybox in Debian

2017-08-14 Thread Mattias Schlenker
Am 14.08.2017 um 14:55 schrieb Denys Vlasenko: 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

Re: Busybox in Debian

2017-08-14 Thread Denys Vlasenko
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

Re: Busybox in Debian

2017-08-11 Thread Chris Boot
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

Re: Busybox in Debian

2017-08-11 Thread Denys Vlasenko
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. > > We've