Re: Moving to Github ... ?
"Michael D. Setzer II via busybox" <[email protected]> Fri, 8 May 2026 03:04:09 +1000
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On 7 May 2026 at 16:09, Sam Thursfield via busybox wrote: Date sent: Thu, 7 May 2026 16:09:20 +0200 To: [email protected] Subject: Moving to Github ... ? From: Sam Thursfield via busybox <[email protected]> Send reply to: Sam Thursfield <[email protected]> > Hi all, > > I notice the busybox.net "Browse Source" website switched to > https://github.com/vda-linux/busybox_mirror. Is it worth treating that > as the canonical location for now? > > I can see a couple of previous threads about issues with the busybox.net > Git hosting, I'm guessing this the same infrastructure abuse that most > open source projects have been seeing recently.. my commiserations that > you're having to deal with this :/ > > * "busybox authoritative git repository (was: AI recommended changing > from using git port to https?)" > (https://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2026-April/092059.html) > * "Not clear what is going on with site and git." > (https://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2026-March/091970.html) > Just did a git pull on busybox.net and git-clone on busybox mrror site. These are the differences I got. diff -r ./.git/config /home/msetzerii/Downloads/busybox/.git/config 7c7 < url = https://github.com/vda-linux/busybox_mirror > url = https://git.busybox.net/busybox Binary files ./.git/index and /home/msetzerii/Downloads/busybox/.git/index differ diff -r ./.git/logs/HEAD /home/msetzerii/Downloads/busybox/.git/logs/HEAD 1c1 < 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 ead17e7808236be80614d0a8755f4ddad63ab56c Super User <[email protected]> 1778172190 +1000 clone: from https://github.com/vda-linux/busybox_mirror > 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 ead17e7808236be80614d0a8755f4ddad63ab56c Super User <[email protected]> 1777743215 +1000 clone: from https://git.busybox.net/busybox.git diff -r ./.git/logs/refs/heads/master /home/msetzerii/Downloads/busybox/.git/logs/refs/heads/master 1c1 < 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 ead17e7808236be80614d0a8755f4ddad63ab56c Super User <[email protected]> 1778172190 +1000 clone: from https://github.com/vda-linux/busybox_mirror > 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 ead17e7808236be80614d0a8755f4ddad63ab56c Super User <[email protected]> 1777743215 +1000 clone: from https://git.busybox.net/busybox.git diff -r ./.git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD /home/msetzerii/Downloads/busybox/.git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD 1c1 < 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 ead17e7808236be80614d0a8755f4ddad63ab56c Super User <[email protected]> 1778172190 +1000 clone: from https://github.com/vda-linux/busybox_mirror > 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 ead17e7808236be80614d0a8755f4ddad63ab56c Super User <[email protected]> 1777743215 +1000 clone: from https://git.busybox.net/busybox.git These are local changes I'm testing to handle ChST timezone, and have fully match ls-sworks and ls-l-works with local ls. Have 3 other failures, butn't have done those yet diff -r ./testsuite/date/date-works /home/msetzerii/Downloads/busybox/testsuite/date/date-works 3c3 < dt=`echo "$dt" | sed 's/^[^ ][^ ][^ ] [^ ][^ ][^ ] [ 0123][0-9] [012][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]:[0-6][0-9] [A-Z][A-Z]* [012][0-9][0-9][0-9]$/OK/'` > dt=`echo "$dt" | sed 's/^[^ ][^ ][^ ] [^ ][^ ][^ ] [ 0123][0-9] [012][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]:[0-6][0-9] [A-Z][A-Zh]* [012][0-9][0-9][0-9]$/OK/'` diff -r ./testsuite/ls/ls-l-works /home/msetzerii/Downloads/busybox/testsuite/ls/ls-l-works 6c6 < LC_ALL=C ls -l "$d" > logfile.gnu > LC_ALL=C ls -l "$d" |grep -v total | sed 's/./ /11' > logfile.gnu diff -r ./testsuite/ls/ls-s-works /home/msetzerii/Downloads/busybox/testsuite/ls/ls-s-works 6c6 < LC_ALL=C ls -1s "$d" > logfile.gnu > LC_ALL=C ls -1s "$d" | grep -v total> logfile.gnu Am running a new deadlink check. Before it had a 145 links on main page, and had 45 - 404 errors, and 3 - 403 errors. Now has. 145 links with 44 fails, 43 - 404 and 1 (-1) no 403 Error URL Anchor Text Linked From 404 Not Found https://git.busybox.net/busybox/log/?h=1_37_stable git https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.37.0/ patches https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_36_stable git https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://git.busybox.net/busybox/log/?h=1_36_stable git https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.36.0/ patches https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://git.busybox.net/busybox/log/?h=1_35_stable git https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.35.0/ patches https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_33_stable git https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_34_stable git https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://git.busybox.net/busybox/log/?h=1_34_stable git https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.34.0/ patches https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_32_stable git https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://git.busybox.net/busybox/log/?h=1_33_stable git https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.33.0/ patches https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://git.busybox.net/busybox/log/?h=1_32_stable git https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.32.0/ patches https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_31_stable git https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.31.0/ patches https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_30_stable git https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.30.0/ patches https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_29_stable git https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.29.0/ patches https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_28_stable git https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.28.4/ patches https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.28.3/ patches https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.28.2/ patches https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.28.1/ patches https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.28.0/ patches https://busybox.net/ -1 Not found: The server returned an invalid or unrecognized response https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_27_stable git https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.27.2/ patches https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.27.1/ patches https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.27.0/ patches https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_26_stable git https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.26.2/ patches https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.26.1/ patches https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.26.0/ patches https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_25_stable git https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_24_stable git https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_23_stable git https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.23.2/ patches https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_22_stable git https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_21_stable git https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.21.1/ patches https://busybox.net/ 404 Not Found https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_20_stable git https://busybox.net/ > Thanks a lot > Sam > > -- > Sam Thursfield (he/him), Software Engineer > Codethink Ltd. http://www.codethink.co.uk/ > > _______________________________________________ > busybox mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox +------------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. 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