[rock-devel] On system init scripts

[Stefan Fiedler]

> On Patch [2006082512411919808]:
>
> Stefan Fiedler:
> 	split system.init and network.init scripts into several smaller ones
>

> new msg by stefanp:
>  - the new /etc/initscript does not seem to do anything of effect anymore,
> in which case it should be deleted.
It sets umask and ulimit and redirects standard error to standard output for 
all programs run by init.
>
>  - devfs.init should probably be merged with devfsd.init package.
devfsd.init starts an optional user-space program. devfs.init enables a kernel 
feature, so it would better fit to the linux24 package.
>
>  - the new execle() call in rc.c is wrong.
Indeed. /bin/sh generally does not support the -l option...

>
>  - static-dev.init must be a practical joke? the whole point of a static
> /dev is that it's always there on disk and does not need anything to be
> done, least of all having an empty ramfs mounted over it!
The ramfs mount is a fallback when there is no console device file on the 
(read-only) root partition.
That code was already in there and I didn't dare to remove it. 
>
>  - the changes to sysfiles/etc_rc.d_rc.txt seem arbitrary to me, but oh
> well ...
init sets PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin (for all it's children), while rc 
sets the path to /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin. Having a different path 
search order for children of init and children of rc is probably no good, so 
rc does not redefine PATH anymore.
>
>  - why use an /etc/rc.d/sysinit that does not do anything?
Just to show we can. :)
>
>  - what is the motivation for the change in 00-dirtree/data.txt? it will be
>  gone again when a /dev gets mounted.
This is for the static /dev directory. Without /dev/initctl one cannot change 
runlevels with the init program
>
>  - the changes to devfsd/devfsd.conf must be a mistake?
That was a simple test case for my fl_wrapper patch. Will be removed before 
the patch is applied.

Thanks for your feedback. There will probably be more changes to this patch 
before it is applied.

Greetings,
	Stefan Fiedler

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