md5_sha1_sum: fix mishandling when run as /bin/md5sum (with path)
chown/chgrp: completely match coreutils 6.8 wrt symlink handling

function                                             old     new   delta
recursive_action                                     411     422     +11
arith                                               2033    2042      +9
collect_blk                                          467     474      +7
dhcprelay_main                                      1122    1125      +3
fsck_main                                           1909    1911      +2
singlemount                                         4555    4547      -8
xmalloc_realpath                                      14       -     -14
get_lcm                                              123     105     -18
ed_main                                             3111    3084     -27
chown_main                                           217     183     -34
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(add/remove: 0/1 grow/shrink: 5/4 up/down: 32/-101)           Total: -69 bytes
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 684132    2744   14000  700876   ab1cc busybox_old
 684060    2744   14000  700804   ab184 busybox_unstripped

diff --git a/coreutils/chown.c b/coreutils/chown.c
index 7579e17..eb8d8c4 100644
--- a/coreutils/chown.c
+++ b/coreutils/chown.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 int chown_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	int retval = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+	int flags;
 	chown_fptr chown_func;
 
 	opt_complementary = "-2";
@@ -80,23 +81,21 @@
 		chown_func = lchown;
 	}
 
+	flags = ACTION_DEPTHFIRST; /* match coreutils order */
+	if (OPT_RECURSE)
+		flags |= ACTION_RECURSE;
+	if (OPT_TRAVERSE_TOP)
+		flags |= ACTION_FOLLOWLINKS_L0; /* -H/-L: follow links on depth 0 */
+	if (OPT_TRAVERSE)
+		flags |= ACTION_FOLLOWLINKS; /* follow links if -L */
+
 	parse_chown_usergroup_or_die(&ugid, argv[0]);
 
 	/* Ok, ready to do the deed now */
 	argv++;
 	do {
-		char *arg = *argv;
-
-		if (OPT_TRAVERSE_TOP) {
-			/* resolves symlink (even recursive) */
-			arg = xmalloc_realpath(arg);
-			if (!arg)
-				continue;
-		}
-
-		if (!recursive_action(arg,
-				(OPT_RECURSE ? ACTION_RECURSE : 0) | /* recurse */
-				(OPT_TRAVERSE ? ACTION_FOLLOWLINKS : 0),/* follow links if -L */
+		if (!recursive_action(*argv,
+				flags,          /* flags */
 				fileAction,     /* file action */
 				fileAction,     /* dir action */
 				chown_func,     /* user data */
@@ -104,9 +103,6 @@
 		) {
 			retval = EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}
-
-		if (OPT_TRAVERSE_TOP)
-			free(arg);
 	} while (*++argv);
 
 	return retval;
@@ -137,8 +133,10 @@
 tst() {
     create test1
     create test2
-    (cd test1; $t1 $1)
-    (cd test2; $t2 $1)
+    echo "[$1]" >>test1.out
+    echo "[$1]" >>test2.out
+    (cd test1; $t1 $1) >>test1.out 2>&1
+    (cd test2; $t2 $1) >>test2.out 2>&1
     (cd test1; ls -lnR) >out1
     (cd test2; ls -lnR) >out2
     echo "chown $1" >out.diff
@@ -152,18 +150,22 @@
     tst "$1 1:1 linkfile"
 }
 echo "If script produced 'out.diff' file, then at least one testcase failed"
+>test1.out
+>test2.out
 # These match coreutils 6.8:
-tst_for_each ""
-tst_for_each "-R"
-tst_for_each "-RP"
-tst_for_each "-RL"
-tst_for_each "-RH"
-tst_for_each "-h"
-tst_for_each "-hR"
-tst_for_each "-hRP"
-# Below: with "chown linkdir" coreutils 6.8 will chown linkdir _target_,
-# we lchown _the link_. I believe we are "more correct".
-#tst_for_each "-hRL"
-#tst_for_each "-hRH"
+tst_for_each "-v"
+tst_for_each "-vR"
+tst_for_each "-vRP"
+tst_for_each "-vRL"
+tst_for_each "-vRH"
+tst_for_each "-vh"
+tst_for_each "-vhR"
+tst_for_each "-vhRP"
+tst_for_each "-vhRL"
+tst_for_each "-vhRH"
+# Fix `name' in coreutils output
+sed 's/`/'"'"'/g' -i test2.out
+# Compare us with coreutils output
+diff -u test1.out test2.out
 
 */
diff --git a/coreutils/md5_sha1_sum.c b/coreutils/md5_sha1_sum.c
index 4523fa4..8bc2034 100644
--- a/coreutils/md5_sha1_sum.c
+++ b/coreutils/md5_sha1_sum.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 	uint8_t *hash_value;
 	unsigned flags;
 	hash_algo_t hash_algo = ENABLE_MD5SUM
-		? (ENABLE_SHA1SUM ? (**argv=='m' ? HASH_MD5 : HASH_SHA1) : HASH_MD5)
+		? (ENABLE_SHA1SUM ? (applet_name[0] == 'm' ? HASH_MD5 : HASH_SHA1) : HASH_MD5)
 		: HASH_SHA1;
 
 	if (ENABLE_FEATURE_MD5_SHA1_SUM_CHECK)
diff --git a/include/libbb.h b/include/libbb.h
index a95de84..bf6ae92 100644
--- a/include/libbb.h
+++ b/include/libbb.h
@@ -214,15 +214,16 @@
 extern int remove_file(const char *path, int flags);
 extern int copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, int flags);
 enum {
-	ACTION_RECURSE     = (1 << 0),
-	ACTION_FOLLOWLINKS = (1 << 1),
-	ACTION_DEPTHFIRST  = (1 << 2),
-	/*ACTION_REVERSE   = (1 << 3), - unused */
+	ACTION_RECURSE        = (1 << 0),
+	ACTION_FOLLOWLINKS    = (1 << 1),
+	ACTION_FOLLOWLINKS_L0 = (1 << 2),
+	ACTION_DEPTHFIRST     = (1 << 3),
+	/*ACTION_REVERSE      = (1 << 4), - unused */
 };
 extern int recursive_action(const char *fileName, unsigned flags,
 	int (*fileAction) (const char *fileName, struct stat* statbuf, void* userData, int depth),
 	int (*dirAction) (const char *fileName, struct stat* statbuf, void* userData, int depth),
-	void* userData, const unsigned depth);
+	void* userData, unsigned depth);
 extern int device_open(const char *device, int mode);
 extern int get_console_fd(void);
 extern char *find_block_device(const char *path);
diff --git a/libbb/recursive_action.c b/libbb/recursive_action.c
index be2a700..cb3b88d 100644
--- a/libbb/recursive_action.c
+++ b/libbb/recursive_action.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 		int (*fileAction)(const char *fileName, struct stat *statbuf, void* userData, int depth),
 		int (*dirAction)(const char *fileName, struct stat *statbuf, void* userData, int depth),
 		void* userData,
-		const unsigned depth)
+		unsigned depth)
 {
 	struct stat statbuf;
 	int status;
@@ -55,12 +55,13 @@
 
 	if (!fileAction) fileAction = true_action;
 	if (!dirAction) dirAction = true_action;
-	status = (flags & ACTION_FOLLOWLINKS ? stat : lstat)(fileName, &statbuf);
 
+	status = ACTION_FOLLOWLINKS; /* hijack a variable for bitmask... */
+	if (!depth) status = ACTION_FOLLOWLINKS | ACTION_FOLLOWLINKS_L0;
+	status = ((flags & status) ? stat : lstat)(fileName, &statbuf);
 	if (status < 0) {
 #ifdef DEBUG_RECURS_ACTION
-		bb_error_msg("status=%d followLinks=%d TRUE=%d",
-				status, flags & ACTION_FOLLOWLINKS, TRUE);
+		bb_error_msg("status=%d flags=%x", status, flags);
 #endif
 		goto done_nak_warn;
 	}
@@ -82,9 +83,8 @@
 
 	if (!(flags & ACTION_DEPTHFIRST)) {
 		status = dirAction(fileName, &statbuf, userData, depth);
-		if (!status) {
+		if (!status)
 			goto done_nak_warn;
-		}
 		if (status == SKIP)
 			return TRUE;
 	}
@@ -103,23 +103,23 @@
 		nextFile = concat_subpath_file(fileName, next->d_name);
 		if (nextFile == NULL)
 			continue;
-		/* now descend into it, forcing recursion. */
-		if (!recursive_action(nextFile, flags | ACTION_RECURSE,
-				fileAction, dirAction, userData, depth+1)) {
+		/* now descend into it (NB: ACTION_RECURSE is set in flags) */
+		if (!recursive_action(nextFile, flags, fileAction, dirAction, userData, depth+1))
 			status = FALSE;
-		}
 		free(nextFile);
 	}
 	closedir(dir);
-	if ((flags & ACTION_DEPTHFIRST) &&
-		!dirAction(fileName, &statbuf, userData, depth)) {
+
+	if (flags & ACTION_DEPTHFIRST) {
+		if (!dirAction(fileName, &statbuf, userData, depth))
 			goto done_nak_warn;
 	}
 
 	if (!status)
 		return FALSE;
 	return TRUE;
-done_nak_warn:
+
+ done_nak_warn:
 	bb_perror_msg("%s", fileName);
 	return FALSE;
 }