for execvp("readlink"...) to work, there must be /bin/readlink present. I still don't understand why we simply not generate symlinks for all busybox applets present in the initramfs. Anyway, readlink added.
** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed ** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) Assignee: Martin Pitt (pitti) => Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to initramfs-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1351295 Title: Boot fails if /sbin/init (or init= arg) is an absolute symlink Status in “initramfs-tools” package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Bug description: Booting current Utopic with init=/bin/systemd fails., or installing systemd-sysv fails. In both cases we are dealing with an absolute symlink "/bin/systemd -> /lib/systemd/systemd" or "/sbin/init -> /lib/systemd/systemd". I see: /init: line 307: readlink: not found Target filesystem doesn't have requested /bin/systemd and then a kernel panic. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1351295/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp