Tiny Core Linux
General TC => General TC Talk => Topic started by: PDP-8 on May 12, 2017, 12:56:23 AM
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Got a little more interested in Busybox, and have compiled it on a few random boxes other than TC or PiCore.
Before I go about mucking with TC / PiCore build of busybox, are there any show-stopper or other features that I should *definitely* use or avoid in regards to TC? I don't want to just break it outright.
Other than hardware issues, are TC's and PiCore's busybox options nearly the same, or do the devs (awesome I might add!) have differing setups? Guess I'd have to diff the make config files...
I'm just wondering how busybox is compiled. Size or speed option? Backward compatible options, or a spartan / classic set of flags...
I'm not a luddite, but my goal here is not just to be small, but to simulate a "classic / old-school" set of options that might make Rob Pike or Doug Macilroy happy. :)
Maybe that is a matter of taste and subject for it's own thread....
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x86 busybox details here:
http://tinycorelinux.net/8.x/x86/release/src/busybox/
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Hi PDP-8
... features that I should *definitely* use ...
Yes. Take a look at /etc/init.d/tc-functions. There is a function called useBusybox that specifically aliases certain commands
to the busybox versions. Also, /etc/init.d/tc-config calls for busybox ash in the she-bang.
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Thanks guys - that's just what I needed!