Hi Harold, harold felton wrote on Sat, Jul 06, 2019 at 12:52:12PM +0000:
> > boot -s > (only / mounted ro, other filesystems [/usr,..] not-mounted) > # shutdown now > shutdown: unveil: No such file or directory > (original version, and recompiled-default-version same-msg) > > # shutdown.patch now > shutdown: unveil: Read-only file system Yes, Bob Beck@ decided that's a bug in the kernel in the implementation of the unveil(2) syscall, and he is working on a fix. > i started to try and look thru the code and was trying to > figure out how/whether i could help further... i believe > the correct-answer, as mentioned before, is to just use > the correct command 'halt'... (followed by 4-sec pwr-btn) Yes, that's a workaround for now. To reboot instead of halt, you can also use reboot(8). [...] > as part of this incarnation of this box - i have some oddities > in my file-system - so recompiling the kernel has been a bit > of a challenge... Sure, compiling a kernel may not be convenient on every machine. > for now, _I_ am no longer worried about the > problem of using /sbin/shutdown during a 'boot -s' session... Eventually, it will be fixed anyway, thanks for reporting. > i will continue using everything as-is since i believe that > the system is basically running as normally as ever... Yes, from what you said, i see no indication either that you hosed your box. (Obviously, i can't vouch for it being OK either.) Yours, Ingo
