Package: sysvinit Version: 2.86.ds1-6 The "telinit u" feature can be used to re-exec /sbin/init, useful if you've just rewritten (re-installed) /sbin/init.
However, if /sbin/init is on a read-only filesystem, or you want to redirect init to be running from a different filesystem because you need to umount /sbin , this feature is inadequate. The attached patch causes re-exec to execute the binary specified in the INIT_PROG environment variable if it exists, otherwise the re-exec will be to the same place the currently running init came from (which is the current behavior). The INIT_PROG environment variable can be set using the telinit -e env feature, which already exists. This is why the INIT_ prefix was chosen -- otherwise telinit -e will reject the environment change request. Thanks, -- Dana L. How [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 650 804 5991 cell Sorry about the previous submission in which I forgot "Package:" and "Version:".
sysvinit-2.86-initprog.patch
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