-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 clone 410836 -1 reassign 410836 upstart retitle -1 yaird: cmdline option "--debug" causes "Attempt to kill init" thanks
Michael Biebl wrote: >> /usr/share/doc/upstart/README.Debian.gz contains following instruction: >> >> > Upstart isn't working, how do I debug it? >> > ----------------------------------------- >> > >> > Add "--debug" to the kernel command-line, and be sure to remove "quiet" >> > and "splash" if existent. You'll now see debugging messages as upstart >> > works. >> >> However, if I try to follow it, the /usr/lib/yaird/exec/run_init complains >> about invalid option, followed by kernel panic because of "Attempt to kill >> init". >> I did not attempt to check whether the option works with mkinitrd. > > The option works with initramfs-tools. > Reassigning the bug to yaird, I don't think yaird should filter out this > option. This looks to me as a valid upstart documentation bug: It is wrong to assume that initramfs-tools option parsing works always. I have bounced it back to upstart. Thanks anyway for the notice: You are right that there might be a(nother!) bug in yaird too: unknown options are supposed to get ignored. I'll investigate this separately. Kind regards, - Jonas - -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ - Enden er nær: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGDnFNn7DbMsAkQLgRAi0cAJ9Q0rcTv/0mgD+oFYy5i3bpqP+dhgCeO/BL lGixSH2ri4euLFMfQa7GPsk= =t7yD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
