diff -urN busybox-1.7.0/applets/applets.c busybox-1.7.0-readlink/applets/applets.c
--- busybox-1.7.0/applets/applets.c	2007-08-24 11:50:02.000000000 +0100
+++ busybox-1.7.0-readlink/applets/applets.c	2007-09-06 17:41:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@
  help:
 		output_width = 80;
 		if (ENABLE_FEATURE_AUTOWIDTH) {
-			/* Obtain the terminal width.  */
+			/* Obtain the terminal width */
 			get_terminal_width_height(0, &output_width, NULL);
 		}
 		/* leading tab and room to wrap */
@@ -580,12 +580,11 @@
 
 	if (ENABLE_FEATURE_INSTALLER && strcmp(argv[1], "--install") == 0) {
 		const char *busybox;
-		busybox = xmalloc_readlink_or_warn(bb_busybox_exec_path);
+		busybox = xmalloc_readlink(bb_busybox_exec_path);
 		if (!busybox)
 			busybox = bb_busybox_exec_path;
 		/* -s makes symlinks */
-		install_links(busybox,
-				 argv[2] && strcmp(argv[2], "-s") == 0);
+		install_links(busybox, argv[2] && strcmp(argv[2], "-s") == 0);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff -urN busybox-1.7.0/include/libbb.h busybox-1.7.0-readlink/include/libbb.h
--- busybox-1.7.0/include/libbb.h	2007-08-24 11:49:55.000000000 +0100
+++ busybox-1.7.0-readlink/include/libbb.h	2007-09-06 17:41:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -248,9 +248,10 @@
 DIR *xopendir(const char *path);
 DIR *warn_opendir(const char *path);
 
-char *xrealloc_getcwd_or_warn(char *cwd);
+/* UNUSED: char *xmalloc_realpath(const char *path); */
+char *xmalloc_readlink(const char *path);
 char *xmalloc_readlink_or_warn(const char *path);
-char *xmalloc_realpath(const char *path);
+char *xrealloc_getcwd_or_warn(char *cwd);
 
 
 //TODO: signal(sid, f) is the same? then why?
@@ -316,8 +317,8 @@
 };
 /* Create stream socket, and allocate suitable lsa.
  * (lsa of correct size and lsa->sa.sa_family (AF_INET/AF_INET6))
- * af == AF_UNSPEC will result in trying to create IPv6, and
- * if kernel doesn't support it, IPv4.
+ * af == AF_UNSPEC will result in trying to create IPv6 socket,
+ * and if kernel doesn't support it, IPv4.
  */
 int xsocket_type(len_and_sockaddr **lsap, USE_FEATURE_IPV6(int af,) int sock_type);
 int xsocket_stream(len_and_sockaddr **lsap);
diff -urN busybox-1.7.0/libbb/xreadlink.c busybox-1.7.0-readlink/libbb/xreadlink.c
--- busybox-1.7.0/libbb/xreadlink.c	2007-08-24 11:49:51.000000000 +0100
+++ busybox-1.7.0-readlink/libbb/xreadlink.c	2007-09-06 17:41:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
  * NOTE: This function returns a malloced char* that you will have to free
  * yourself. You have been warned.
  */
-
-char *xmalloc_readlink_or_warn(const char *path)
+char *xmalloc_readlink(const char *path)
 {
 	enum { GROWBY = 80 }; /* how large we will grow strings by */
 
@@ -20,20 +19,30 @@
 
 	do {
 		buf = xrealloc(buf, bufsize += GROWBY);
-		readsize = readlink(path, buf, bufsize); /* 1st try */
+		readsize = readlink(path, buf, bufsize);
 		if (readsize == -1) {
-			bb_perror_msg("%s", path);
 			free(buf);
 			return NULL;
 		}
-	}
-	while (bufsize < readsize + 1);
+	} while (bufsize < readsize + 1);
 
 	buf[readsize] = '\0';
 
 	return buf;
 }
 
+char *xmalloc_readlink_or_warn(const char *path)
+{
+	char *buf = xmalloc_readlink(path);
+	if (!buf) {
+		/* EINVAL => "file: Invalid argument" => puzzled user */
+		bb_error_msg("%s: cannot read link (not a symlink?)", path);
+	}
+	return buf;
+}
+
+/* UNUSED */
+#if 0
 char *xmalloc_realpath(const char *path)
 {
 #if defined(__GLIBC__) && !defined(__UCLIBC__)
@@ -46,3 +55,4 @@
 	return xstrdup(realpath(path, buf));
 #endif
 }
+#endif