Re: Bug#825975: sysvinit: Add missing poweroff on hurd-i386

[Dmitry Bogatov <KAction@debian.org>]

[2019-01-02 22:06] Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>
> Dmitry Bogatov, le sam. 29 déc. 2018 18:34:03 +0000, a ecrit:
> > Would you object if I will add you to threads, related to Hurd?

Dear colleagues, I seek your advice.

Samuel, as Debian GNU/Hurd user and
Justin, as developer who wrote sysvinit-core.config,
you may be the most knowledgable about issue.

I am trying to understand, what is the purpose of following code in
sysvinit-core.config:

	if [ "$(uname)" = GNU ]; then
	    db_set sysvinit/hurd-fix-inittab "true"
	    if echo '3e3693078d18d4696c83a76531433cd4  /etc/inittab' \
	      | md5sum --status --check -; then
	    # The file is unmodified, update it silently.
	    :
	    elif [ $(fgrep -c -e '/libexec/getty' /etc/inittab) -gt 0 ] || \
	        [ $(grep -c '^c:' /etc/inittab) -eq 0 ]; then
	        db_input low sysvinit/hurd-fix-inittab || true
	        db_go
	    fi
	fi

What is magic md5 '3e3693078d18d4696c83a76531433cd4'? What is the state
of transition it was intended for?