Subject: Re: /etc/rc with #!/bin/sh ?
To: Erik E. Fair <fair@clock.org>
From: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
List: current-users
Date: 07/01/1999 00:24:29
>>Also, /sbin/init (I keep wanting to type /etc/init -- don'tcha just love
>>legacy systems?) explicitly calls
>> execv(_PATH_BSHELL, ("sh", "/etc/rc", autoboot? "autoboot": 0, 0));
>
>Actually, this is an anachronism given that execve(2) deals with the #!
>magic number. I'd argue that init should simply execv("/etc/rc") without
>reference to "sh" - that way, if someone ever wants to change the script to
>something else, they can.
ooooooh! you're pure evil, aren't you? ;-)
ps - i link perl statically and stick in /sbin.
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