On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 2:43 AM, Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
>> > > > On Mon, 2017-08-14 at 16:42 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
>> > > > > > > run-init
>> > > > >
>> > > > > This tool is doing this:
>> > > >
>> > > > [...]
>> > > > > There is the "switch_root" tool in util-linux which does the
>> > > > > crucial part of this functionality - deleting / remounting /
>> > > > > chrooting.
>> > > > > It is in bbox too.
>> > > >
>> > > > initramfs-tools used to use switch_root if possible, but it
>> > > > didn't
>> > > > support the -d (drop capabilities) option.  Later on we needed
>> > > > validation of the init filename to support symlinks (e.g.
>> > > > /sbin/init ->
>> > > > /lib/systemd/systemd), so I added and used the -n (dry run)
>> > > > option to
>> > > > run-init.  busybox would need to support both of these.
>> > >
>> > > I added run-init to busybox just now, but I don't see -n option
>> > > in
>> > > klibc-2.0.4 source. Can you point me to the source code with -n?
>> >
>> > It's not upstream yet, but in a Debian patch:
>> > https://sources.debian.net/src/klibc/2.0.4-9/debian/patches/run-ini
>> > t-add-dry-run-mode.patch/
>>
>> Done:
>>
>> $ ./busybox run-init
>> BusyBox v1.28.0.git (2017-08-21 18:55:09 CEST) multi-call binary.
>>
>> Usage: run-init [-d CAP,CAP...] [-n] [-c CONSOLE_DEV] NEW_ROOT
>> NEW_INIT [ARGS]
>>
>> Free initramfs and switch to another root fs:
>> chroot to NEW_ROOT, delete all in /, move NEW_ROOT to /,
>> execute NEW_INIT. PID must be 1. NEW_ROOT must be a mountpoint.
>>
>>     -c DEV    Reopen stdio to DEV after switch
>>     -d CAPS   Drop capabilities
>>     -n        Dry run
>
> Great.  Once these changes are in the Debian package, I can update
> initramfs-tools to make klibc-utils optional.

busybox 1.28.0 is released, it contains the addition of run-init.
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