On Wednesday 19 August 2009 01:11:50 Dan Farrell wrote: > On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:27:57 +0300 > > Nikos Chantziaras <rea...@arcor.de> wrote: > > On 08/18/2009 02:00 AM, Dale wrote: > > > I agree, this should be reported so it can be fixed. While > > > init-/bin/bash would work, it shouldn't be the only option. > > > > I filed a bug for it: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281850 > > In a pinch, you can also use the argument init=/bin/bash to get a > bash shell up without using init. It's saved me a CD or a heap of > trouble a few times.
Wait until some bastard runs mv /bin/bash /bin/bash.gotcha then you try init=/bin/bash :-) It causes utter carnage, without another shell handy, you do need a CD to get around that one. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
