#653259 busybox --install is not documented

Package:
busybox
Source:
busybox
Description:
Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems
Submitter:
Marco d'Itri
Date:
2017-10-03 20:27:07 UTC
Severity:
normal
#653259#5
Date:
2011-12-26 02:41:25 UTC
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busybox(1) does not mention "busybox --install", which could be useful
in some emergency situations.

I see that /etc/busybox.conf is not documented either.
#653259#10
Date:
2011-12-26 07:25:35 UTC
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Out of curiocity, which _emergency_ situation is like that?

If your system is hosed you need minimal changes to get it
working.  Replacing system binaries with symlinks to bb is
hosing it further.

If you need particular utility, use  `busybox utility'
construct.  --install is useful to _install_ things into
a working system.

But yes, it is not documented,

and the conffile isn't documented too.

Shouldn't the severity be "Wishlist" for such bugs?

Thanks,

/mjt
#653259#15
Date:
2012-12-11 22:42:05 UTC
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As above, /etc/default/busybox-syslogd is also not documented.
I had to read /etc/init.d/busybox-syslogd to discover that
/etc/default/syslogd was the wrong file.

In passing, busybox-syslogd fails to install if sysklogd has not
been purged.

ael