Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sysvinit
When trying to run Hardy with mksh as /bin/sh booting fails. I now managed to track it down to a bug in initscripts still present in maverick: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/sysvinit_2.87dsf-4ubuntu17.dsc Let me illustrate the actual problem: tgl...@tglase:~ $ mksh -c 'sleep 2 & sleep 1; wait %1; echo $?' 0 tgl...@tglase:~ $ mksh -c 'sleep 1 & sleep 2; wait %1; echo $?' 127 tgl...@tglase:~ $ dash -c 'sleep 1 & sleep 2; wait %1; echo $?' 0 tgl...@tglase:~ $ bash -c 'sleep 1 & sleep 2; wait %1; echo $?' bash: line 0: wait: %1: no such job 127 Basically, the “wait” builtin returns 127 if the job has already finished by the time wait is called, except in dash, where it returns 0. This makes *buntu unusable with a shell other than dash as /bin/sh (among other things). I also wonder whether this is the cause (with not using mksh as /bin/sh though) for our workstations (at work) to boot to multiuser with / in read-only mode even when it wants the 30-mount check (we need to manually fsck and reboot then, which is idiotic in a production / company environment). I’m currently working on a fix, will attach that soonish. ** Affects: sysvinit (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- dashism in checkroot/checkfs/usplash functions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575154 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
