- Linux System V style init programs.
| Changelog (sysvinit-2.98.tar.xz) | : | Changelog (sysvinit-2.99.tar.xz) |
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| | sysvinit (2.99) released; urgency=low |
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| | * Fixed typos and missing underlines in shutdown manual page. |
| | Corrections provided by Helge Kreutzmann. |
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| sysvinit (2.98) released; urgency=low | | sysvinit (2.98) released; urgency=low |
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| * Fixed time parsing in shutdown when there is a + in front of a 0 time offs
et. | | * Fixed time parsing in shutdown when there is a + in front of a 0 time offs
et. |
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| Commands with a postiive time offset (+1) would work but +0 fails. | | Commands with a positive time offset (+1) would work but +0 fails. |
| This has been corrected by Arkadiusz Miskiewicz. | | This has been corrected by Arkadiusz Miskiewicz. |
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| sysvinit (2.97) released; urgency=low | | sysvinit (2.97) released; urgency=low |
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| * Check $(ROOT) filesystem for libcrypt instead of a hardcoded path to /usr. | | * Check $(ROOT) filesystem for libcrypt instead of a hardcoded path to /usr. |
| Added logsave and readbootlog to list of files git ignores. | | Added logsave and readbootlog to list of files git ignores. |
| - Patches provided by Petr Ovtchenkov. | | - Patches provided by Petr Ovtchenkov. |
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| * Code clean-up and making sure we avoid freeing unused memory. | | * Code clean-up and making sure we avoid freeing unused memory. |
| Patch provided by David Hoyer. | | Patch provided by David Hoyer. |
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| * Added patch from William Shipley which allows shutdown time to be specifie
d | | * Added patch from William Shipley which allows shutdown time to be specifie
d |
| in the format +hh:mm. This is in addition to the existing formats such as | | in the format +hh:mm. This is in addition to the existing formats such as |
| hh:mm, +m, and "now". | | hh:mm, +m, and "now". |
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| * Fixed typos in manual pages. Submitted by Helge Kreutzmann. | | * Fixed typos in manual pages. Submitted by Helge Kreutzmann. |
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| sysvinit (2.96) released; urgency=low | | sysvinit (2.96) released; urgency=low |
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| [ Jesse Smith ] | | [ Jesse Smith ] |
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| * Added -z command line paramter to pidof which tells pidof to | | * Added -z command line parameter to pidof which tells pidof to |
| try to find processes in uninterruptable (D) or zombie (Z) states. | | try to find processes in uninterruptible (D) or zombie (Z) states. |
| This can cause pidof to hang, but produces a more complete process | | This can cause pidof to hang, but produces a more complete process |
| list. | | list. |
| Closes Savannah bug #56534 | | Closes Savannah bug #56534 |
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| * Reformatted init code to make if/while logic more clear. | | * Reformatted init code to make if/while logic more clear. |
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| * Cleaned up some output from readbootlog. | | * Cleaned up some output from readbootlog. |
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| * Added -e flag to bootlogd. When -e is used, data saved | | * Added -e flag to bootlogd. When -e is used, data saved |
| to the boot log file does not have escape characters | | to the boot log file does not have escape characters |
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| [ Jesse Smith ] | | [ Jesse Smith ] |
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| * When the halt command is called with the -p flag (or as poweroff) | | * When the halt command is called with the -p flag (or as poweroff) |
| the command now passes the "-h -P" flags to shutdown. This | | the command now passes the "-h -P" flags to shutdown. This |
| in turn sets the INIT_HALT environment variable to POWEROFF. | | in turn sets the INIT_HALT environment variable to POWEROFF. |
| Assuming this value is checked by initscripts during the | | Assuming this value is checked by initscripts during the |
| shutting down procedure, it should cause the system to | | shutting down procedure, it should cause the system to |
| be powered off. | | be powered off. |
| If halt is called without -p then the value of INIT_HALT | | If halt is called without -p then the value of INIT_HALT |
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| is not set and the default action (often set in /etc/defaut/halt) | | is not set and the default action (often set in /etc/default/halt) |
| is taken. | | is taken. |
| * Removed unnecessary malloc.h includes. Memory allocation | | * Removed unnecessary malloc.h includes. Memory allocation |
| and freeing is now handled in stdlib.h | | and freeing is now handled in stdlib.h |
| * Added defines for FreeBSD to make some components compile | | * Added defines for FreeBSD to make some components compile |
| on FreeBSD 11. | | on FreeBSD 11. |
| * Increased the size of the kernel command line buffer in bootlogd | | * Increased the size of the kernel command line buffer in bootlogd |
| from 256 characters to 4096. This size is defined in KERNEL_COMMAND_LENGTH | | from 256 characters to 4096. This size is defined in KERNEL_COMMAND_LENGTH |
| for easy modification downstream. | | for easy modification downstream. |
| * Added logsave.c and logsave.8 manual page from e2fsprogs to make | | * Added logsave.c and logsave.8 manual page from e2fsprogs to make |
| sure logsave is available to initscripts. | | sure logsave is available to initscripts. |
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| rarely used anymore, outside of Slackware. | | rarely used anymore, outside of Slackware. |
| * Swapped out ECHOPRT for ECHOE in stty settings when init brings up | | * Swapped out ECHOPRT for ECHOE in stty settings when init brings up |
| emergency console. Should make backspace-erasing characters work | | emergency console. Should make backspace-erasing characters work |
| more naturally. | | more naturally. |
| Closes Debian bug #402847. | | Closes Debian bug #402847. |
| * Updated src/Makefile to make sure we build all the software before | | * Updated src/Makefile to make sure we build all the software before |
| attempting to install. | | attempting to install. |
| * Removed typos from pidof manual page and killall5 page. | | * Removed typos from pidof manual page and killall5 page. |
| Closes Debian bugs #815839, #905245 and #890478 | | Closes Debian bugs #815839, #905245 and #890478 |
| * Added -f <format> option to pidof program to allow printf | | * Added -f <format> option to pidof program to allow printf |
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| style formating. | | style formatting. |
| Closes Debian bug #571590 | | Closes Debian bug #571590 |
| Thanks to Philipp Marek for the patch. | | Thanks to Philipp Marek for the patch. |
| * Added new tool (readbootlog) which will read the /var/log/boot file | | * Added new tool (readbootlog) which will read the /var/log/boot file |
| produced by bootlogd. The output is displayed cleaned up so there | | produced by bootlogd. The output is displayed cleaned up so there |
| are no control characters. This avoids the need to use sed or related | | are no control characters. This avoids the need to use sed or related |
| tools to try to clean up the contents of the log. | | tools to try to clean up the contents of the log. |
| * Added manual page for readbootlog program. Updated bootlogd page | | * Added manual page for readbootlog program. Updated bootlogd page |
| to reference it. Closes Debian bug #725123. | | to reference it. Closes Debian bug #725123. |
| * Updated the shutdown manual page to try to make it more clear | | * Updated the shutdown manual page to try to make it more clear |
| where we are talking about an initscript called halt or the halt | | where we are talking about an initscript called halt or the halt |
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| fixed. Patch supplied by Dave Dykstra. | | fixed. Patch supplied by Dave Dykstra. |
| * Patch to automatically spawn a getty on kernel consoles | | * Patch to automatically spawn a getty on kernel consoles |
| The feature is useful for developers and admins that occasionally need | | The feature is useful for developers and admins that occasionally need |
| to boot with e.g. console=ttyS0. | | to boot with e.g. console=ttyS0. |
| The built in default can be overridden via inittab for each device. An | | The built in default can be overridden via inittab for each device. An |
| entry like "S0::off:" turns off the getty on ttyS0. | | entry like "S0::off:" turns off the getty on ttyS0. |
| characters in log file. Also makes parsing easier. | | characters in log file. Also makes parsing easier. |
| This should close Savannah bug report 36528. | | This should close Savannah bug report 36528. |
| http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?36528 | | http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?36528 |
| * Applied patches provided in Savannah bug report 49991. Fix tabs in | | * Applied patches provided in Savannah bug report 49991. Fix tabs in |
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| bootlogd and avoid printing unitialized "buf" variable when | | bootlogd and avoid printing uninitialized "buf" variable when |
| consolename() fails. | | consolename() fails. |
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| [ Werner Fink ] | | [ Werner Fink ] |
| * Do not forget room for last NULL of new environment (was | | * Do not forget room for last NULL of new environment (was |
| local bug 35866) | | local bug 35866) |
| * Handle deleted binaries in pidof (was local bug #34992) | | * Handle deleted binaries in pidof (was local bug #34992) |
| * Allow init to delete extra environment variables (was local bug | | * Allow init to delete extra environment variables (was local bug |
| #35858) | | #35858) |
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| * Avoid that init double environment variables for its childs | | * Avoid that init double environment variables for its children |
| (was local bug #35855) | | (was local bug #35855) |
| * Remove man-db tag for encoding for canonical man | | * Remove man-db tag for encoding for canonical man |
| * Sulogin: try to detect the real device(s) used for the system console | | * Sulogin: try to detect the real device(s) used for the system console |
| /dev/console if but only if /dev/console is used. On Linux this can | | /dev/console if but only if /dev/console is used. On Linux this can |
| be more than one device, e.g. a serial line as well as a virtual | | be more than one device, e.g. a serial line as well as a virtual |
| console as well as a simple printer. | | console as well as a simple printer. |
| * Fix counting message lines in wall. Patch from Petr Lautrbach. | | * Fix counting message lines in wall. Patch from Petr Lautrbach. |
| * Fix bad printf conversion specifier in wall. Patch from Sébastien Luttringer
. | | * Fix bad printf conversion specifier in wall. Patch from Sébastien Luttringer
. |
| * Add patches from Openwall project. Thanks goes to Solar Designer. | | * Add patches from Openwall project. Thanks goes to Solar Designer. |
| * Add code to detect the system consoles with the help of the | | * Add code to detect the system consoles with the help of the |
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| Mike Frysinger and Gentoo. | | Mike Frysinger and Gentoo. |
| * Rewrite findtty() in bootlogd to recursively search /dev/ for the | | * Rewrite findtty() in bootlogd to recursively search /dev/ for the |
| correct device, to handle terminal devices for example in /dev/pty/. | | correct device, to handle terminal devices for example in /dev/pty/. |
| Patch from Debian. | | Patch from Debian. |
| * Make sure bootlogd findpty() returns an error value when it fails to | | * Make sure bootlogd findpty() returns an error value when it fails to |
| find a usable pty. Patch from Rob Leslie via Debian. | | find a usable pty. Patch from Rob Leslie via Debian. |
| * Make sure bootlogd fflush() every line, even if asked not to flush | | * Make sure bootlogd fflush() every line, even if asked not to flush |
| to disk using fdatasync(). Patch from Scott Gifford via Debian. | | to disk using fdatasync(). Patch from Scott Gifford via Debian. |
| * Add compatibility code to handle old path "/etc/powerstatus" for a | | * Add compatibility code to handle old path "/etc/powerstatus" for a |
| while. | | while. |
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| * Incude definition for MNT_DETACH which is missing in older GNU libc | | * Include definition for MNT_DETACH which is missing in older GNU libc |
| headers. | | headers. |
| * Do not strip binaries before installing them, to make it easier to | | * Do not strip binaries before installing them, to make it easier to |
| get binaries with debug information installed. | | get binaries with debug information installed. |
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| [ Werner Fink ] | | [ Werner Fink ] |
| * Add the comment from Andrea Arcangeli about the correct | | * Add the comment from Andrea Arcangeli about the correct |
| place of setting the default childhandler within spawn(). | | place of setting the default childhandler within spawn(). |
| * Make sure that newline is printed out for last(1) even | | * Make sure that newline is printed out for last(1) even |
| if an utmp record entry is truncated. | | if an utmp record entry is truncated. |
| * Check if utmp not only exists but also is writable and delay | | * Check if utmp not only exists but also is writable and delay |
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| * Detected also removable block devices at halt/reboot to be able | | * Detected also removable block devices at halt/reboot to be able |
| to flush data and send them the ATA standby command. This should | | to flush data and send them the ATA standby command. This should |
| avoid data loss on USB sticks and other removable block devices. | | avoid data loss on USB sticks and other removable block devices. |
| * Flush block devices on halt/reboot if not done by the kernel. | | * Flush block devices on halt/reboot if not done by the kernel. |
| * Set SHELL to /bin/sh in the environmant of shutdown. | | * Set SHELL to /bin/sh in the environmant of shutdown. |
| * Retry to write out shutdown messages if interrupted. | | * Retry to write out shutdown messages if interrupted. |
| * pidof/killall5 - make omit pid list a dynamic one. | | * pidof/killall5 - make omit pid list a dynamic one. |
| * pidof - provide '-n' to skip stat(2) syscall on network based FS. | | * pidof - provide '-n' to skip stat(2) syscall on network based FS. |
| * init - avoid compiler warnings | | * init - avoid compiler warnings |
| * init - initialize console by using the macros from ttydefaults.h | | * init - initialize console by using the macros from ttydefaults.h |
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| * init - add the possiblity to ignore further interrupts from keyboard | | * init - add the possibility to ignore further interrupts from keyboard |
| * init - add the possiblity to set sane terminal line settings | | * init - add the possibility to set sane terminal line settings |
| * sulogin - add the possibility to reset the terminal io | | * sulogin - add the possibility to reset the terminal io |
| * Fix some minor problems | | * Fix some minor problems |
| * init - enable is_selinux_enabled() to detect selinuxfs | | * init - enable is_selinux_enabled() to detect selinuxfs |
| * Add fix for Debian bug #536574 -- Can be enabled by -DACCTON_OFF | | * Add fix for Debian bug #536574 -- Can be enabled by -DACCTON_OFF |
| * Add helper program fstab-decode to make it easier to handle | | * Add helper program fstab-decode to make it easier to handle |
| /etc/mtab content. Patch by Miloslav Trmac and Fedora. | | /etc/mtab content. Patch by Miloslav Trmac and Fedora. |
| * Add fix for Debian bug #335023 - Make sure TERM is set on FreeBSD. | | * Add fix for Debian bug #335023 - Make sure TERM is set on FreeBSD. |
| * Add fix for Debian bug #374038 - Make it clear that shutdown -c can | | * Add fix for Debian bug #374038 - Make it clear that shutdown -c can |
| only cancel a waiting shutdown, not an active one. | | only cancel a waiting shutdown, not an active one. |
| * Add note to pidof manual page about the use of readlink(2). Patch by | | * Add note to pidof manual page about the use of readlink(2). Patch by |
| Bill Nottingham and Fedora. | | Bill Nottingham and Fedora. |
| * Add PAM patch contrib/notify-pam-dead.patch based on Debian bug | | * Add PAM patch contrib/notify-pam-dead.patch based on Debian bug |
| #68621, which will add PAM support for programs spawned by init on | | #68621, which will add PAM support for programs spawned by init on |
| the console like sulogin. Based on patch by Topi Miettinen. This | | the console like sulogin. Based on patch by Topi Miettinen. This |
| patch is not applied by default yet while we review its | | patch is not applied by default yet while we review its |
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| usefullness. It is only helpful for session handling, as sulogin | | usefulness. It is only helpful for session handling, as sulogin |
| do not use and will not use a PAM conv() function. The current | | do not use and will not use a PAM conv() function. The current |
| sulogin is able to handle DES as well as MD5, SHA, and Blowfish | | sulogin is able to handle DES as well as MD5, SHA, and Blowfish |
| encrypted passwords due using getpwnam(3). | | encrypted passwords due using getpwnam(3). |
| * Move utmp/wtmp before the execvp() in spawn() to be sure to | | * Move utmp/wtmp before the execvp() in spawn() to be sure to |
| use the correct pid even on a controlling tty | | use the correct pid even on a controlling tty |
| * Remaining problem is that the pid of the second fork() for | | * Remaining problem is that the pid of the second fork() for |
| getting a controlling tty isn't that reported by spawn() | | getting a controlling tty isn't that reported by spawn() |
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| * Re-enable writting utmp/wtmp for boot scripts | | * Re-enable writing utmp/wtmp for boot scripts |
| * Extend sulogin to support additional encryption algorithms | | * Extend sulogin to support additional encryption algorithms |
| * Re-enable maintenance message of sulogin | | * Re-enable maintenance message of sulogin |
| * Enable the sulogin fallback password check to handle MD5, SHA, and | | * Enable the sulogin fallback password check to handle MD5, SHA, and |
| Blowfish encrypted passwords in case of getpwnam(3) fails. | | Blowfish encrypted passwords in case of getpwnam(3) fails. |
| * sulogin picking the SELinux context was broken. Patch by Daniel Walsh | | * sulogin picking the SELinux context was broken. Patch by Daniel Walsh |
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| -- Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com> Sun Apr 11 11:28:55 CEST 2010 | | -- Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com> Sun Apr 11 11:28:55 CEST 2010 |
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| sysvinit (2.87dsf) world; urgency=low | | sysvinit (2.87dsf) world; urgency=low |
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| * Modify killall to work better with user space file system, by | | * Modify killall to work better with user space file system, by |
| changing cwd to /proc when stopping and killing processes, and | | changing cwd to /proc when stopping and killing processes, and |
| avoiding stat() when the value isn't used. Also, lock process | | avoiding stat() when the value isn't used. Also, lock process |
| pages in memory to avoid paging when user processes are stopped. | | pages in memory to avoid paging when user processes are stopped. |
| Patch from Debian and Goswin von Brederlow with changes by Kel | | Patch from Debian and Goswin von Brederlow with changes by Kel |
| Modderman. | | Modderman. |
| * Change shutdown to only accept flags -H and -P with the -h flag, | | * Change shutdown to only accept flags -H and -P with the -h flag, |
| and document this requirement in the manual page. | | and document this requirement in the manual page. |
| * Change reboot/halt to work properly when used as a login shell. | | * Change reboot/halt to work properly when used as a login shell. |
| Patch by Dale R. Worley and Fedora. | | Patch by Dale R. Worley and Fedora. |
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| * Let sulogin fall back to the staticly linked /bin/sash if both roots | | * Let sulogin fall back to the statically linked /bin/sash if both roots |
| shell and /bin/sh fail to execute. | | shell and /bin/sh fail to execute. |
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| -- Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com> Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:58:10 +0200 | | -- Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com> Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:58:10 +0200 |
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| sysvinit (2.86) cistron; urgency=low | | sysvinit (2.86) cistron; urgency=low |
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| * Fixed up bootlogd to read /proc/cmdline. Also keep an internal | | * Fixed up bootlogd to read /proc/cmdline. Also keep an internal |
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| linebuffer to process \r, \t and ^H. It is becoming useable. | | linebuffer to process \r, \t and ^H. It is becoming usable. |
| * Applied trivial OWL patches | | * Applied trivial OWL patches |
| * Block signals in syslog(), since syslog() is not re-entrant | | * Block signals in syslog(), since syslog() is not re-entrant |
| (James Olin Oden <joden@malachi.lee.k12.nc.us>, redhat bug #97534) | | (James Olin Oden <joden@malachi.lee.k12.nc.us>, redhat bug #97534) |
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| * Minor adjustements so that sysvinit compiles on the Hurd | | * Minor adjustments so that sysvinit compiles on the Hurd |
| * killall5 now skips kernel threads | | * killall5 now skips kernel threads |
| * Inittab entries with both 'S' and other runlevels were broken. | | * Inittab entries with both 'S' and other runlevels were broken. |
| Fix by Bryan Kadzban <bryan@kadzban.is-a-geek.net> | | Fix by Bryan Kadzban <bryan@kadzban.is-a-geek.net> |
| * Changed initreq.h to be more flexible and forwards-compatible. | | * Changed initreq.h to be more flexible and forwards-compatible. |
| * You can now through /dev/initctl set environment variables in | | * You can now through /dev/initctl set environment variables in |
| init that will be inherited by its children. For now, only | | init that will be inherited by its children. For now, only |
| variables prefixed with INIT_ can be set and the maximum is | | variables prefixed with INIT_ can be set and the maximum is |
| 16 variables. There's also a length limit due to the size | | 16 variables. There's also a length limit due to the size |
| of struct init_request, so it should be safe from abuse. | | of struct init_request, so it should be safe from abuse. |
| * Option -P and -H to shutdown set INIT_HALT=POWERDOWN and | | * Option -P and -H to shutdown set INIT_HALT=POWERDOWN and |
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| * Change _NSIG to NSIG for 2.1.x kernel includes. | | * Change _NSIG to NSIG for 2.1.x kernel includes. |
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| -- Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl> Thu, 8 Jan 1998 16:01:02 +0100 | | -- Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl> Thu, 8 Jan 1998 16:01:02 +0100 |
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| sysvinit (2.73-1) unstable; urgency=low | | sysvinit (2.73-1) unstable; urgency=low |
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| * Use siginterrupt, now that system calls are restarted by default. | | * Use siginterrupt, now that system calls are restarted by default. |
| Main symptom was that the sulogin timeout didn't work but there | | Main symptom was that the sulogin timeout didn't work but there |
| might have been more hidden problems. | | might have been more hidden problems. |
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| * Kill process immidiately if turned off in inittab | | * Kill process immediately if turned off in inittab |
| * Fixed sulogin check on tty arg. | | * Fixed sulogin check on tty arg. |
| * Use strerror() instead of sys_errlist | | * Use strerror() instead of sys_errlist |
| * wall now supports a '-n' option to suppress [most of] the banner. | | * wall now supports a '-n' option to suppress [most of] the banner. |
| Debian doesn't use sysvinit's wall, but apparently Redhat does. | | Debian doesn't use sysvinit's wall, but apparently Redhat does. |
| * Add '-F' (forcefsck) option to shutdown | | * Add '-F' (forcefsck) option to shutdown |
| * Close and reopen /dev/initctl on SIGUSR1 (mainly for a /dev in ram) | | * Close and reopen /dev/initctl on SIGUSR1 (mainly for a /dev in ram) |
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| -- Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl> Sat, 3 Jan 1998 16:32:39 +0100 | | -- Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl> Sat, 3 Jan 1998 16:32:39 +0100 |
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| sysvinit (2.72-3) unstable; urgency=low | | sysvinit (2.72-3) unstable; urgency=low |
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