On 09/03/2019 20:55, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > On 3/9/19 12:30 PM, Tim Tassonis wrote: >> Hi all >> >> I was just upgrading sysvinit from 288dsf to 2.93 and then noticed that I >> could not properly reboot or even halt the system anymore. >> >> Does anybody know something about that? As far as I saw, the system >> complained about missig /run/initctl, but maybe that's just a symptom? >> >> I have to add that after a manual stop and restart of the system, everything >> was fine again, so I suppose the error is caused by overwriting the binary >> on a running system. > > For something like that, I would supose you would need to study the source > code. In any case since it seems to be working, I wouldn't worry about it. >
I hadn't received Tim's original message. I've seen exactly the same behavior. I do not know what would be a clean way to upgrade. Maybe do a DESTDIR install (actually make ROOT=/some/where install), then reboot with init=/some/where/sbin/init, then move to destination, and reboot again... Pierre -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
