I found this patch in Fedora, and the description in this bug made me believe it might be related. This patch was included in version 2.86.ds1-40 currently in experimental. Can you test this version and let me know if it solve the problem?
--- sysvinit-2.86/src/init.c.these-are-not-the-droids-you-are-looking-for 2005-12-19 15:48:55.000000000 -0500 +++ sysvinit-2.86/src/init.c 2005-12-19 15:49:20.000000000 -0500 @@ -1884,7 +1884,7 @@ * The existing init process execs a new init binary. */ env = init_buildenv(0); - execl(myname, myname, "--init", NULL, env); + execle(myname, myname, "--init", NULL, env); /* * We shouldn't be here, something failed. Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]