From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7B3E1381F3 for ; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:16:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 576AEE0A61; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:16:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gh0-f172.google.com (mail-gh0-f172.google.com [209.85.160.172]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 70C5BE0A5B for ; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:16:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-gh0-f172.google.com with SMTP id r18so2119801ghr.31 for ; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 08:16:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent; bh=udxeuCqSI6O6M2bK5kFY2t+Z9jSI/pjfiXXeZvHZjNQ=; b=i1YAYEgXDJtsOaJU/3fLko0ILSw+vOxZD/ZnBMdsRKKe+sjNQ/AXzfUIgNBuA5dTok NVUMy3q9vctCrxIFCykcRCEVQ3Pm0TfZllbjJsOKHpfNXGMURz11+dv90P9E2qA5xOSS m5zeNieZYJMhCVKlzOn8SHLJ7rdrCM3qi2/HRs1YJzmiIuhdFLNjtx+5VOzFu+2BXx1o SGSd4hs3UnZd4GRdbMFdvW9v02MbEb4oGkgpgV8ZqzvqOSxQ4hWX8xUt2s3k5MySUzAP uxtmc7klggR3U1N5933zP9Xzer4wUbS8nwZQBXxAZgQznVmaB1w756NPkBbua4HZ2BB6 gPzw== X-Received: by 10.236.0.138 with SMTP id 10mr7687512yhb.95.1371827774550; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 08:16:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from linux1 (cpe-76-187-91-128.tx.res.rr.com. [76.187.91.128]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id z65sm8990453yhc.9.2013.06.21.08.16.11 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 21 Jun 2013 08:16:13 -0700 (PDT) Sender: William Hubbs Received: by linux1 (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 21 Jun 2013 10:16:10 -0500 Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 10:16:10 -0500 From: William Hubbs To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] eselect init Message-ID: <20130621151610.GA26281@linux1> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <51A08A68.3020900@gentoo.org> <20130620205609.GB23719@linux1> <20130621043959.7eae0921@gentoo.org> <20130621041600.GA24770@linux1> <20130621122328.662eddc0@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="3MwIy2ne0vdjdPXF" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130621122328.662eddc0@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 0d620a4a-6ee8-42b6-9027-f4b62ebd6ca2 X-Archives-Hash: 6793afde67de209e1efbd64830b59c30 --3MwIy2ne0vdjdPXF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 12:23:28PM +0200, Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny wrote: > > If eselect-init installs the wrapper as /sbin/einit, we don't have to > > touch /sbin/init at all, then, the only thing someone would have to do > > is to add an entry to their boot loader with init=3D/sbin/einit on the = kcl > > to use it. >=20 > But *if* the wrapper fails to run somehow, e.g. becomes broken, > the kernel will fallback to the standard location. Yes, but if the wrapper replaces /sbin/init, like it does now, and the wrapper gets broken, I think you are left with an unbootable system. William --3MwIy2ne0vdjdPXF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlHEbjoACgkQblQW9DDEZTiBjgCdFJhvKVUEObZq+Eao3LEeDuCb 2Z0An2dBahVSgK6AFyMWZr0E008C5xws =Mrmz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3MwIy2ne0vdjdPXF--