Bug#638068: busybox binary in initrd.img is incorrectly overwritten by klibc hook

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 11:27:09AM -0600, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Émeric Maschino wrote:
> 
> > I've checked that simply replacing /bin/busybox binary in initrd.img
> > (being in fact a copy of system /usr/lib/klibc/bin/sh binary) by real
> > system /bin/busybox binary solves the issue.
> 
> Nice detective work.  So the next question is: why does klibc-utils on
> ia64 provide /usr/lib/klibc/bin/sh instead of sh.shared like other
> architectures?

#439181  ia64 works only static

> I'd also be interested to hear how /usr/lib/klibc/bin/sh behaves in
> general: e.g., could you try
> 
> 	ldd /usr/lib/klibc/bin/sh
> 	/usr/lib/klibc/bin/sh -c 'echo hi'
> 
> ?

/me too.

thanks.

-- 
maks