On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 17:29:48 +0200 Martin Steigerwald <mar...@lichtvoll.de> wrote:
> Martin Steigerwald - 13.04.24, 15:05:41 CEST: > > No PATH defined. > > > > The script defines it. See line 8 in my changed script. However it > > does not export it. Thus adding line 9 fixes the bug I reported: > > > > 8 PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin > > 9 export PATH > > > > The network is configured just fine after adding that line. > > Since configuring networking works on physical machines – I know for > sure with Devuan 5 aka Daedalus and Devuan Ceres which was at a > similar state Devuan Excalibur is currently – regarding the right fix > the question remains: > > What is different with the PATH in both cases and why? > > Why is it empty inside the (unprivileged) Incus managed LXC > container? Is it empty on the physical machine? I doubt it. But where > does the difference come from? And anyway the PATH is being set in > both stage 1 and stage 2 scripts, just not exported. So on a physical > machine it appears that PATH is being exported before already. It > might be exported before already on a container as well, albeit > undefined / empty. If I remember correctly, it's the kernel that sets environment for init; and it's different even when it boots "statically" vs via initramfs as the latter defines a lot of extra and unecessary stuff > > In both cases /bin/sh points to /bin/dash. Both the VM with Excalibur > and the physical host with Daedalus are usrmerge'd. >
