Your message dated Tue, 3 Jun 2003 13:07:27 +0200 with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line linuxrc: should NOT exec /sbin/init has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done.
This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what I am talking about this indicates a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact me immediately.) Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian Bugs database) -------------------------------------- Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 20 May 2003 04:49:35 +0000 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon May 19 23:49:34 2003 Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from user-0ccerf2.cable.mindspring.com (a750.nahmias.net) [24.199.109.226] by master.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 19Hz4A-0003fx-00; Mon, 19 May 2003 23:49:34 -0500 Received: by a750.nahmias.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 111B0E80D; Tue, 20 May 2003 00:49:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Joe Nahmias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: linuxrc: should NOT exec /sbin/init X-Mailer: reportbug 1.50 Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 00:49:17 -0400 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-18.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_10,HAS_PACKAGE,PATCH_UNIFIED_DIFF,PGP_SIGNATURE autolearn=ham version=2.53-bugs.debian.org_2003_05_09 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53-bugs.debian.org_2003_05_09 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) Package: rootskel Version: 0.29; not installed; reported 2003-05-20 Severity: critical Tags: patch Justification: breaks the whole system -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, The recent change to /linuxrc to make it exec /sbin/init breaks debian-installer. I get a kernel panic, using the d-i netboot image from 2003-05-19 that includes the changed /linuxrc, when trying to run init. Per Matt Kraai, this is because busybox does not like to be called as /sbin/init UNLESS it is as PID 1. The following patch fixes linuxrc to allow the installer to boot. Joe Nahmias, DD wannabe - --- rootskel-0.29/src/linuxrc.orig 2003-05-03 12:48:00.000000000 -0400 +++ rootskel-0.29/src/linuxrc 2003-05-20 00:45:08.000000000 -0400 @@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ mount -t proc proc proc mount -t devfs devfs dev # Close all open files on the initrd, and run busybox init. - -exec chroot . /sbin/init <dev/console >dev/console 2>&1 +rm -f linuxrc # this program +ln -s /sbin/init linuxrc +exec chroot . /linuxrc <dev/console >dev/console 2>&1 - -- System Information Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux a750.nahmias.net 2.4.20 #1 Thu Jan 9 11:22:09 EST 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+ybPaKl23+OYWEqURAqSsAJwM9zhUte6EChqhY/y0g8tIJHtbGACeKZoS ZnC0h3VX+Lj/jU10T37C8Vo= =HGY2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------- Received: (at 193951-done) by bugs.debian.org; 3 Jun 2003 12:12:01 +0000 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jun 03 07:11:55 2003 Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from pat.uio.no [129.240.130.16] by master.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 19NAdu-00085W-00; Tue, 03 Jun 2003 07:11:54 -0500 Received: from mail-mx2.uio.no ([129.240.10.30]) by pat.uio.no with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #7) id 19NAds-0003F9-00 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tue, 3 Jun 2003 14:11:52 +0200 Received: from [129.240.130.14] (helo=mons.uio.no) by mail-mx2.uio.no with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 19NAdl-0004Dn-U2 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tue, 03 Jun 2003 14:11:45 +0200 Received: from ulrik.uio.no ([129.240.12.4]) by mons.uio.no with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #7) id 19N9hE-0005VL-00; Tue, 3 Jun 2003 13:11:16 +0200 Received: from saruman.uio.no ([129.240.201.202]) by ulrik.uio.no with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #7) id 19N9hA-000792-00; Tue, 3 Jun 2003 13:11:12 +0200 Received: from pre by saruman.uio.no with local (Exim 2.12 #7) id 19N9dX-0003Wc-00; Tue, 3 Jun 2003 13:07:27 +0200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: linuxrc: should NOT exec /sbin/init From: Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sender: Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 13:07:27 +0200 X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information X-UiO-MailScanner: Found to be clean Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_01 version=2.53-bugs.debian.org_2003_05_24 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53-bugs.debian.org_2003_05_24 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) This bug was fixed in v0.30 of rootskel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]