Re: Misc problems with b-f 2.3.6 install, hppa

[Matt Kraai <kraai@alumni.carnegiemellon.edu>]

On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 07:56:13PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> This I don't know. It sounds like base-config either unexpectly exited
> before it could fix the inittab (but it fixes the innittab immeditly
> after showing that message!), or the inittab fix didn't "take"
> immeditely. (I do HUP init, perhaps there is really a little race
> between init hupping and base-config finishing? Seems unlikly.) It would
> be nice to know what the inittab contained the when it began looping
> back through base-config.

For what it's worth, the init(8) manpage states that running
`telinit q' is the proper way to make init re-examine /etc/inittab.

Matt