Dnia 2013-06-21, o godz. 10:16:10
William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org> napisał(a):

> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 12:23:28PM +0200, Michał Górny 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=/sbin/einit on the kcl
> > > to use it.
> > 
> > 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.

Then kernel falls back to safe /bin/sh which is a minimal safe fallback.

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Best regards,
Michał Górny