From 791a1a190c6274a34ff9154322586ea191d350ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick McDermott Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 10:27:59 -0500 Subject: dev/todo/install-bb-without-bb: Link to alts log --- (limited to 'dev/todo/install-bb-without-bb.mdwn') diff --git a/dev/todo/install-bb-without-bb.mdwn b/dev/todo/install-bb-without-bb.mdwn index 86801dd..da5dd51 100644 --- a/dev/todo/install-bb-without-bb.mdwn +++ b/dev/todo/install-bb-without-bb.mdwn @@ -23,14 +23,15 @@ ProteanOS) unable to upgrade `busybox`, due to its own design. The Amazing Alternatives of `busybox` ------------------------------------- -Instead of adding alternatives one at a time, [it would be nice][bb-ua] to -manage all of `busybox`'s utility links using `update-alternatives`. +Instead of [adding alternatives][alts] one at a time, [it would be nice][bb-ua] +to manage all of `busybox`'s utility links using `update-alternatives`. Unfortunately, the [maintainer script][bb.pi] that runs `update-alternatives` (as well as the [`update-alternatives` script][u-a] itself) needs a few `busybox` utilities (`/bin/sh` for a start). Thus, after an older version of `busybox` is deconfigured, a newer version can't be configured. `busybox` also can't be configured when first unpacked by `prokit`. +[alts]: http://git.proteanos.com/pkg/busybox.git/log/alternatives [bb-ua]: http://git.proteanos.com/pkg/busybox.git/commit/?id=1558d05c62ed90f7d93a14533541c33896b7b733 [bb.pi]: http://git.proteanos.com/pkg/busybox.git/tree/busybox.pkg/postinst [u-a]: https://git.openwrt.org/?p=project/opkg-lede.git;a=blob;f=utils/update-alternatives.in;hb=d4ba162 -- cgit v0.9.1