AW: newer binary releases?

Hi,

Aren't these all source tarballs?
Because I don't mean these, but precompiled binaries.


Best regards,

Daniel Ruf

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Von: busybox <[email protected]> im Auftrag von Michael D. Setzer II via busybox <[email protected]>
Gesendet: Montag, 4. Mai 2026 11:58
An: Daniel Ruf via busybox <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>
Betreff: Re: newer binary releases?

On 4 May 2026 at 6:38, Daniel Ruf via busybox wrote:
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: newer binary releases?
Date sent: Mon, 4 May 2026 06:38:20 +0000
From: Daniel Ruf via busybox <[email protected]>
Send reply to: Daniel Ruf <[email protected]>
>
> Hi there,
>
> Will there be newer binary releases after 1.35 at
> https://busybox.net/downloads/binaries/?
>
> Or how is the release plan for this link?
> Because I do not see a binary there for every release.
>
> Just interested to know how this works with the binary releases download page
> so I know if I can wait for a newer download or have to compile myself.
>
> Thanks for the information and especially creating and maintaining busybox.
>
Latest supposed released version.
busybox-1.37.0.tar.bz2  2024-09-26 21:31  2.4M
https://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.37.0.tar.bz2
There is 1.38 git version
busybox-snapshot.tar..> 2026-05-04 00:20  2.5M
https://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-snapshot.tar.bz2
A snapshot directory.
https://busybox.net/downloads/snapshots/
Has the latest snapshots. Usually had 32, but many are the same files. in contents.
Getting index of snapshot Files
busybox-20260404.tar.bz2    2669360 2026-04-04 FILE 01
busybox-20260405.tar.bz2    2669360 2026-04-05 FILE 02
busybox-20260406.tar.bz2    2669360 2026-04-06 FILE 03
busybox-20260407.tar.bz2    2669360 2026-04-07 FILE 04
busybox-20260408.tar.bz2    2669360 2026-04-08 FILE 05
busybox-20260409.tar.bz2    2669360 2026-04-09 FILE 06
busybox-20260410.tar.bz2    2669360 2026-04-10 FILE 07
busybox-20260411.tar.bz2    2669360 2026-04-11 FILE 08
busybox-20260412.tar.bz2    2669360 2026-04-12 FILE 09
busybox-20260413.tar.bz2    2669851 2026-04-13 FILE 10
busybox-20260414.tar.bz2    2669851 2026-04-14 FILE 11
busybox-20260415.tar.bz2    2669851 2026-04-15 FILE 12
busybox-20260416.tar.bz2    2669851 2026-04-16 FILE 13
busybox-20260417.tar.bz2    2669851 2026-04-17 FILE 14
busybox-20260418.tar.bz2    2669851 2026-04-18 FILE 15
busybox-20260419.tar.bz2    2669851 2026-04-19 FILE 16
busybox-20260420.tar.bz2    2669851 2026-04-20 FILE 17
busybox-20260421.tar.bz2    2669851 2026-04-21 FILE 18
busybox-20260422.tar.bz2    2669851 2026-04-22 FILE 19
busybox-20260423.tar.bz2    2669851 2026-04-23 FILE 20
busybox-20260424.tar.bz2    2669851 2026-04-24 FILE 21
busybox-20260425.tar.bz2    2669851 2026-04-25 FILE 22
busybox-20260426.tar.bz2    2669851 2026-04-26 FILE 23
busybox-20260427.tar.bz2    2669851 2026-04-27 FILE 24
busybox-20260428.tar.bz2    2669851 2026-04-28 FILE 25
busybox-20260429.tar.bz2    2669851 2026-04-29 FILE 26
busybox-20260430.tar.bz2    2668517 2026-04-30 FILE 27
busybox-20260501.tar.bz2    2669862 2026-05-01 FILE 28
busybox-20260502.tar.bz2    2669862 2026-05-02 FILE 29
busybox-20260503.tar.bz2    2671104 2026-05-03 FILE 30
busybox-20260504.tar.bz2    2671104 2026-05-04 FILE 31
busybox-snapshot.tar.bz2    2671104 2026-05-04 FILE 32
Filter out the dup Files
List of non-dup Files
busybox-20260404.tar.bz2    2669360 2026-04-04 FILE 01
busybox-20260413.tar.bz2    2669851 2026-04-13 FILE 10
busybox-20260430.tar.bz2    2668517 2026-04-30 FILE 27
busybox-20260501.tar.bz2    2669862 2026-05-01 FILE 28
busybox-20260503.tar.bz2    2671104 2026-05-03 FILE 30
git pull might give an even newer update that hasn't made it into a snapshot.
My script checks for updates, and displays that last 10 changes.
ead17e7808236be80614d0a8755f4ddad63ab56c PRE__PULL
ead17e7808236be80614d0a8755f4ddad63ab56c POST_PULL
Nothing changed (Already up to date).
<ead17e780> 2026-05-02 [Denys Vlasenko] Optimize !ENABLE_SHOW_USAGE config
<25b756f78> 2026-04-30 [Denys Vlasenko] cpio.tests: fix false positive
<3b3d0fc53> 2026-04-30 [Denys Vlasenko] cpio.tests: do not use "ls" to detect that file does not exist
<48c7b48f9> 2026-04-30 [Denys Vlasenko] tar: unicode fix
<4f11a4b25> 2026-04-30 [Denys Vlasenko] cpio.tests: fix false positive when -o support is not enabled
<6908229d4> 2026-04-30 [Denys Vlasenko] cpio: fix a bug (wrong free() address) in !FEATURE_TAR_LONG_OPTIONS config
<fb10ad3b5> 2026-04-29 [Denys Vlasenko] start-stop-daemon.tests: fix false positive if longopts are not enabled
<c8eb86140> 2026-04-29 [Denys Vlasenko] Fix "undefined reference to 'skip_unsafe_prefix' build failure
<fdca28aaf> 2026-04-29 [Denys Vlasenko] fdisk: fix build failure on glibc
<a0a98f070> 2026-04-29 [Denys Vlasenko] Fix randomtest to not select TC on glibc
I use the 1.38 git.
BusyBox v1.38.0.git (2026-05-03 03:33:48 ChST) multi-call binary.
Hope that helps.
> Best regards
> Daniel Ruf
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