This bug was fixed in the package busybox - 1:1.18.4-2ubuntu1

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busybox (1:1.18.4-2ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

  * Resynchronise with Debian (LP: #788888).  Remaining changes:
    - [udeb] Enable chvt, getopt (and -l), killall, losetup, NFS
      mount, od, ping, stat, and remote syslog.
    - [deb] Enable mdev.
    - [deb, static] Enable fractional sleep and CGI support for httpd.
    - Enable 'mount -f' and mount helpers for all targets.
    - Add busybox-initramfs.
    - test-bin.patch: Move test and friends to /bin.
    - static-sh-alias.patch: Add static-sh alias name for ash, and install
      /bin/static-sh symlink to busybox in busybox-static.
    - Add cross-compiling support.
  * grep-o-loop.patch: dropped as fix and testcase in upstream

busybox (1:1.18.4-2) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Loïc Minier ]
  * Remove all references to tryexec's applet_no in patch applets-fallback as
    this param is not used; this has the side effect of working around a
    toolchain issue breaking busybox's exec on ARM; closes: #621137.
  * Add debian/gbp.conf to ease usage with git-buildpackage.
  * Add debian/README.source with some advice on git-buildpackage usage and
    direct builds from a git checkout.

busybox (1:1.18.4-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * new upstream bugfix release (1.18.4)
  * refreshed debian/patches/u-mount-FreeBSD-support.patch
    (fix build failure on kfreebsd) (Closes: #618644)
  * refreshed applets-fallback.patch (compensate for offsets)
  * added debian/udeb-sizes to track various options of udeb build
  * added dirname-basename-skip-doubledash.diff (Closes: #580492)
  * config:
   - enable sha1sum & sha512sum in udeb (Closes: #615926)
   - enable mktemp in udeb (Closes: #310440)

busybox (1:1.18.3-1) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Michael Tokarev ]
  * new upstream version (1.18.3).  No config changes
    (configs refreshed)

  * patches:
   - removed doc-man-name.patch (now upstream)
   - removed init-console-CRTSCTS.patch (now upstream)
   - removed all patches which are in 1.18 upstream:
     readlink-use-xmalloc_realpath.patch
     mark-Linux-specific-configuration-options.patch
     init-loginutils-termios-portability-fixes.patch
     init-halt-portability-improvements.patch
     init-make-the-initial-TERM-value-configurable.patch
     libbb.h-add-device-names-for-Hurd-and-FreeBSD.patch
     mkdir-fix-p-on-FreeBSD.patch
     libbb-conditionalize-AF_-usage-in-error-reporting.patch
     tcpsvd-udpsvd-conditionalize-usage-of-SO_ORIGINAL_DS.patch
     less-remove-misguided-dependency-on-PLATFORM_LINUX.patch
     bootchartd-mounting-tmpfs-is-Linux-specific.patch
     vlock-disable-linux-console-calls-on-other-systems.patch
     cttyhack-serial-console-detection-is-Linux-specific.patch
     klogd-make-it-work-on-non-linux-systems.patch
     stty-sort-out-preprocessor-conditionals.patch
     update-scripts-kconfig-_shipped.patch
     blockdev.patch
   - refreshed:
     version.patch
     make_gen_build_files_skip_quilt.patch
     u-mount-FreeBSD-support.patch
   - and refreshed all patches to be with sane options and w/o fuzz
   - removed strip.patch, use SKIP_STRIP instead

  * config features changes:
   LIBM (math functions in awk and dc) (-deb -static =udeb)
   NON_POSIX_CP (-deb =static =udeb)
   TAR_NOPRESERVE_TIME (tar -m) (=deb +static =udeb) (closes: #238235)
   MD5_SHA1_SUM_CHECK (md5sum&Co -c) (+de, +static =udeb)
   MOUNT_LOOP_CREATE (+deb +static =udeb)
   NC_SERVER & NC_EXTRA (netcat server mode) (+deb +static =udeb)

  * config applets: (closes: #316847)
   MKSWAP (+deb =static =udeb)
   AR (+deb =static =udeb)
   FREERAMDISK (+deb =static =udeb)
   PIVOT_ROOT (+deb =static =udeb)

  [ Cristian Greco ]
  * debian/control: add Vcs-* fields
  * debian/control: add Homepage: field
  * debian/{control,rules}: use dpkg-vendor instead of lsb_release,
    drop build-dep
  * debian/{control,rules}: drop unneeded build-dep on quilt
  * added debian/watch file

  [ Michael Tokarev ]
  * removed patching-related targets in debian/rules
    (not needed anymore for 3.0 (quilt) source format)
  * removed mentions of .svn from debian/rules since we moved to git
  * removed unused DEB_{HOST,BUILD}_ARCH variables from debian/rules
  * bump Standards-Version from 3.7.3 to 3.9.1. No (!) changes needed.
 -- Scott Moser <email address hidden>   Thu, 26 May 2011 15:02:29 -0400