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From: Michael Crute <mcrute@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is there a way to debug /sbin/init process?
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 13:51:51
Message-Id: 558b73fb0608250646g447b4212r6c42a198de6e2c1c@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Is there a way to debug /sbin/init process? by Etaoin Shrdlu
1 On 8/25/06, Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@×××××××××××××.org> wrote:
2 > On Friday 25 August 2006 09:10, fei huang wrote:
3 >
4 > > no idea how to do it under Gentoo...
5 >
6 > As a last resort, you can compile it manually from sources with the
7 > appropriate options and copy the init binary under /sbin. Of course, be
8 > sure you know what you're doing. I suggest you rename the original init
9 > binary to use it again in case something goes wrong (with init= on the
10 > command line).
11
12 Or you could patch the ebuild so that it allows debugging and put it
13 in your overlay. Thats probably better than manually compiling from
14 source.
15
16 -Mike
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