[PATCH] busybox: alter help message in standalone shell mode

Ron Yorston rmy at frippery.org
Sat May 30 16:13:52 UTC 2015


Signed-off-by: Ron Yorston <rmy at pobox.com>
---
 libbb/appletlib.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libbb/appletlib.c b/libbb/appletlib.c
index 46849e4..2fd3adc 100644
--- a/libbb/appletlib.c
+++ b/libbb/appletlib.c
@@ -642,10 +642,19 @@ static int busybox_main(char **argv)
 			)
 			"   or: function [arguments]...\n"
 			"\n"
+			IF_NOT_FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE(
 			"\tBusyBox is a multi-call binary that combines many common Unix\n"
 			"\tutilities into a single executable.  Most people will create a\n"
 			"\tlink to busybox for each function they wish to use and BusyBox\n"
 			"\twill act like whatever it was invoked as.\n"
+			)
+			IF_FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE(
+			"\tBusyBox is a multi-call binary that combines many common Unix\n"
+			"\tutilities into a single executable.  The shell in this version\n"
+			"\thas been configured to prefer built-in utilities to external\n"
+			"\tbinaries.  This avoids having to install a link to busybox for\n"
+			"\teach function to be invoked.\n"
+			)
 			"\n"
 			"Currently defined functions:\n"
 		);
-- 
2.1.0



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