On Wed, 2019-09-11 at 19:20 +0200, Ansgar wrote: > Control: clone -1 -2 -3 > Control: reassign -2 initramfs-tools > Control: reassign -3 dracut > Control: retitle -2 initramfs-tools: fallback to /lib/systemd/systemd if > init=/bin/systemd > Control: retitle -3 dracut: fallback to /lib/systemd/systemd if > init=/bin/systemd > Control: block -1 by -2 > Control: block -1 by -3 > > Dear initramfs maintainers, > > would it be possible to add a fallback to try /lib/systemd/systemd if > the user provided init=/bin/systemd and the file no longer exists? > > I would like systemd to stop shipping the /bin/systemd symlink as this > should not be run by users, however it was suggested to use > init=/bin/systemd for testing purposes in the past (see below). So just > removing the symlink might make some systems unbootable.
I don't think it's appropriate for the initramfs to do this sort of magic. Even if they did, this wouldn't cover systems using a custom kernel that doesn't need an initramfs. I think that a better way to handle this would be for systemd itself to warn on upgrade if /proc/cmdline contains init=/bin/systemd. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Unix is many things to many people, but it's never been everything to anybody.
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