Re: Bug#2065: single user isn't
> >
> > It is utterly unreasonable for the system to try and do fsck's when the
> > system is booted with 'linux single'. The whole point of a single user boot
> > is that something is wrong that needs reasoned attention from a system
> > adminitrator. A single-user boot should do absolutely *nothing* that isn't
> > required to drop the system admin into a shell.
> >
>
> This has been reported before as a bug. This time I just thought i'd
> chime in and say "me too."
>
I'll start to maintain the INIT package from the beginning of next year.
It took some time because I wanted to upgrade my system to ELF first.
In the new version there will be a flag that causes INIT to skip all
scripts and throw you in a shell directly. (sulogin will also be included).
Which brings up another question: in libc 5.2.18, struct utmp was changed.
At least I think it was 5.2.18, so 5.2.17 should be OK. To maintain
compatibility with a.out and programs compiled with libc < 5.2.18, I
think I'll downgrade 1 patchlevel. I hope HJ Lu sees this is a mistake and
backs it off in 5.2.20. Such a change should go into libc 5.3....
Does anybody know more about this?
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