On 11/13/25 06:10, Alyssa Ross wrote:
> /sbin/init (which for us is /usr/bin/init via the /sbin symlink) is
> the highest precedence path for init in the kernel.  If we keep our
> init at /etc/init, installing a package (like systemd) that provides
> its own init will quietly take precedence over our own.  Let's claim
> this path for ourselves, so adding init from a package will fail
> loudly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>
> ---
>  img/app/file-list.mk                | 4 ++--
>  img/app/image/{etc => usr/bin}/init | 0
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>  rename img/app/image/{etc => usr/bin}/init (100%)
> 
> diff --git a/img/app/file-list.mk b/img/app/file-list.mk
> index 506ab7a..0b4d3d1 100644
> --- a/img/app/file-list.mk
> +++ b/img/app/file-list.mk
> @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
>  FILES = \
>  	image/etc/dbus-1/session.conf \
>  	image/etc/fstab \
> -	image/etc/init \
>  	image/etc/mdev.conf \
>  	image/etc/mdev/iface \
>  	image/etc/mdev/listen \
> @@ -26,7 +25,8 @@ FILES = \
>  	image/etc/s6-linux-init/scripts/rc.shutdown \
>  	image/etc/s6-linux-init/scripts/rc.shutdown.final \
>  	image/etc/wireplumber/wireplumber.conf.d/99_spectrum.conf \
> -	image/etc/xdg/xdg-desktop-portal/portals.conf
> +	image/etc/xdg/xdg-desktop-portal/portals.conf \
> +	image/usr/bin/init
>  
>  LINKS = \
>  	image/bin \
> diff --git a/img/app/image/etc/init b/img/app/image/usr/bin/init
> similarity index 100%
> rename from img/app/image/etc/init
> rename to img/app/image/usr/bin/init
> 
> base-commit: 651da813154329e8398a23dbaabdeef633c1f2a6

Reviewed-by: Demi Marie Obenour <demiobenour@gmail.com>
-- 
Sincerely,
Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)