exporting env. variables, problem solved

[Gregory Nowak]

Sure. The problem stems from the way we call the /etc/rcS script in inittab "::sysinit:/bin/bash -c /etc/rcS".

Once that runs, that particular instance of sh terminates, so the /bin/sh that runs when the console is activated only inherits the PATH variable. 

Now, I can here people posing some questions.

1. Why don't we just run /etc/rcS directly without calling /bin/sh?
a. Because if we do, that process just terminates, and busybox loops over and over rerunning it.

2. Why not try something like "::sysinit:/bin/sh -c "source /etc/rcS"?
a. I've tried that, with the same result as above.

We'll have to replace busybox with init, so that we can have different run levels, and do things the way other distros do them. 
We were planning that for a while now, but throwing out busybox and replacing it with init will require a lot of work and testing.

Greg


On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 07:43:43AM +1000, Geoff Shang wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> 
> > I think I found the problem, so please disregard the previous post about this.
> 
> Care to share so that anyone else hitting this can benefit from your
> experience?
> 
> Geoff.
> 
> 
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