busybox under the Hurd

[Glenn McGrath <bug1@optushome.com.au>]

Hi, thanks for everyones advice, ive not got networking and debconf
working.

Busybox is a multicall binary that provides a set (about 100) small
common utilities, it is used by the debian-installer to make the root
disk.

I disabled some of its features (below) and it compile into a 710KB
static binary, or 162KB dynamic binary.

The following busybox functions DONT compile easily under the Hurd

dmesg 
fbset          (doesnt apply to the Hurd) 
free
gunzip
gzip
init
insmod          (doesnt apply to the Hurd) 
loadacm
loadfont
lsmod           (doesnt apply to the Hurd)
mkswap
mount
ping
rmmod           (doesnt apply to the Hurd)
swaponoff
syslogd
umount
update
uptime
which

I had to make a few small changes and then everything else compiles, but
i have not tested the functionality.

Busybox could possible be used to make Hurd rescue floppy(s), i dont
know enough about the Hurd boot procedure yet though.

There is a linux busybox deb around somewhere, but its not in the main
archive.. not sure exactly where it is, source is at busybox.lineo.com
though.

Glenn