I wrote:
>The following patch to the NetBSD kernel causes init_main() to always
>explicitly pass a "-s" or "-a" argument to init. This doesn't cost
>much in space or time and I don't see how it can possibly hurt.

Assuming, that is, that either one makes an obvious change to
src/sbin/init.init.c to recognize a "-a" flag and set
requested_transition to runcom_mode ; or that doesn't mind warnings
from init about not recognizing "-a". (Sorry, I took that as read...)

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