busybox-1.1.2 ash vs. busybox-1.2.2 ash

[Denis Vlasenko]

On Wednesday 20 December 2006 15:21, Bernecker, Herbert wrote:
> Hi list!
>  
> I am using a script to run posix-tests. With busybox 1.1.2 this works
> very well,
> but since i use the version 1.2.2 the scripts run not anymore.
> The behavior seems to be different.
>  
> Example:
>    - script
>  
>         #! /bin/sh
>         BASEDIR=conformance/interfaces
>         runtests()
>         {
>             for directory in `ls -d $1`; do 
>                 echo $directory
>             done
>         }
>         runtests "$BASEDIR/sig*"
>  
>  
>     - output version 1.1.2
>         <directory>
>         <directory>
>         <directory>
>         <directory>
>         <directory>
>         ...
>  
>     - output version 1.2.2
>         
>  
> Is this
>     - due to any changed config options?
>     - a wanted behavior?
>     - or magic?

It's because you built static busybox against glibc.
Grab newer one, and pay attention to:

applets.c

#warning Static linking against glibc produces buggy executables
#warning (glibc does not cope well with ld --gc-sections).
#warning See sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3400
#warning Note that glibc is unsuitable for static linking anyway.
#warning If you still want to do it, remove -Wl,--gc-sections
#warning from top-level Makefile and remove this warning.

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