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Denis Vlasenko
2008-06-15
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fix config help text
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loginutils/Config.in+16 -12
| @@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ config USE_BB_PWD_GRP | |
| (e.g. if user/group database is NOT stored in /etc/passwd etc), | |
| you must NOT use this option. | |
| - | If you enable this option, it will add about 1.5k to busybox. |
| + | If you enable this option, it will add about 1.5k. |
| config USE_BB_SHADOW | |
| - | bool "Use busybox shadow password functions" |
| + | bool "Use internal shadow password functions" |
| default y | |
| depends on USE_BB_PWD_GRP && FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS | |
| help | |
| @@ -52,28 +52,32 @@ config USE_BB_SHADOW | |
| Enabling this option will cause busybox to directly access the | |
| system's /etc/shadow file when handling shadow passwords. This | |
| - | makes your system smaller and I will get fewer emails asking about |
| + | makes your system smaller (and I will get fewer emails asking about |
| how glibc NSS works). When this option is enabled, you will not be | |
| able to use PAM to access shadow passwords from remote LDAP | |
| password servers and whatnot. | |
| config USE_BB_CRYPT | |
| - | bool "Use internal DES and MD5 crypt functions rather than system functions" |
| + | bool "Use internal DES and MD5 crypt functions" |
| default y | |
| help | |
| + | Busybox has internal DES and MD5 crypt functions. |
| + | They produce results which are identical to corresponding |
| + | standard C library functions. |
| + | |
| If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's | |
| crypt functions. Most C libraries use large (~70k) | |
| - | static buffers in these functions, and also combine them |
| - | with more general DES encryption/decryption routines. |
| - | For busybox, having large static buffers is undesirable, |
| - | especially on NOMMU machines. |
| + | static buffers there, and also combine them with more general |
| + | DES encryption/decryption. |
| - | These functions produce results which are identical |
| - | to corresponding C library functions. |
| + | For busybox, having large static buffers is undesirable, |
| + | especially so on NOMMU machines. Busybox also doesn't |
| + | need DES encryption/decryption and can do with smaller code. |
| - | If you enable this option, it will add about 4.8k to busybox |
| + | If you enable this option, it will add about 4.8k of code |
| if you are building dynamically linked executable. | |
| - | In static build, it makes executable _smaller_ by about 1.2k. |
| + | In static build, it makes code _smaller_ by about 1.2k, |
| + | and likely many kilobytes less of bss. |
| config ADDGROUP | |
| bool "addgroup" | |