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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: TomWij@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] eselect init
Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 12:01:07
Message-Id: 20130526140118.7a46bfe7@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] eselect init by Tom Wijsman
1 On Sun, 26 May 2013 13:45:43 +0200
2 Tom Wijsman <TomWij@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > On Sun, 26 May 2013 12:09:21 +0200
5 > Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
6 >
7 > > > Easy isn't always good. It's not atomic since you can't reboot and
8 > > > because of that I wouldn't call it smooth either.
9 > >
10 > > Can't you? How come?
11 >
12 > Because it expects the init system you boot with to be present.
13
14 And it is present. It's just the symlink what differs. The symlink
15 should be used just to boot the init and for nothing more. The booted
16 init should be able to find itself.
17
18 If it isn't, it's the init's what needs to be fixed. Really.
19
20 --
21 Best regards,
22 Michał Górny

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