[From nobody Tue Mar 31 13:51:09 2026 Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 17 Mar 2026 23:48:45 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.1-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2024-03-25) on buxtehude.debian.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-20.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00, BODY_INCLUDES_PACKAGE,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF,FOURLA,HAS_PACKAGE,MD5_SHA1_SUM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED, SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS,XMAILER_REPORTBUG autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=4.0.1-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.0000 Tokens: new, 36; hammy, 150; neutral, 182; spammy, 0. spammytokens: hammytokens:0.000-+--forky, 0.000-+--HTo:N*Debian, 0.000-+--H*Ad:N*Bug, 0.000-+--H*Ad:N*Tracking, 0.000-+--HTo:N*System Return-path: <andrew@bower.uk> Received: from mx1.mythic-beasts.com ([2a00:1098:0:86:1000:0:2:1]:56477) by buxtehude.debian.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_SECP256R1__RSA_PSS_RSAE_SHA256__AES_256_GCM:256) (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from <andrew@bower.uk>) id 1w2e9T-00Evlp-0M for submit@bugs.debian.org; Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:48:45 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bower.uk; s=mythic-beasts-k1; h=Date:Subject:To:From; bh=dOLBzn5fz9Z7WAQmMiNhVmPiImKhaIMejNFhtbYtBOI=; b=MxxP7vFl+aPVOImRZBSqk6Slf6 KyOC62sP3cQ0dzojeEcZ5xOiKBHPSasqtWhpm3Tsy/mB+cOB1QdUVIxIuJnnjCxC6xtXPbzTqFC5v xM0VKx9sZjkuiGWoplT1lPUdsysSlpZmmjSfwKji6GnsvstJfrszjb0dz/06Djt6pmcWKnFjRNxLm ydLa8EjVCqZIcMf7uc61uwP4xExKVaMSe6PHCQcMoA877R+Ubpj7KueXI+NQFKG/prHPHZKhvJGeF 0rhS9cZbglMBC3Odl/m/bcc4zC6k98SKchNiZOECH5G/BVIUhkO5gVJ2U+x9/R9GA52GgAPMPqFYt 5nIUo7Tw==; Received: by mailhub-cam-d.mythic-beasts.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from <andrew@bower.uk>) id 1w2e9M-006q5B-0N; Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:48:36 +0000 Received: from andy by shenstone.ab8.net with local (Exim 4.99.1) (envelope-from <andrew@bower.uk>) id 1w2e9A-000000005LO-2eA9; Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:48:24 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Andrew Bower <andrew@bower.uk> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org> Subject: sysvinit-core: inittab.d support unreasonably verbose Message-ID: <177379130462.20418.5555498450530359042.reportbug@shenstone.ab8.net> X-Mailer: reportbug 13.2.0 Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:48:24 +0000 X-BlackCat-Spam-Score: 0 Delivered-To: submit@bugs.debian.org Package: sysvinit-core Version: 3.15-6 Severity: minor Tags: patch Dear Maintainer, When booting with sysvinit, the following message is invariably displayed: INIT: No inittab.d directory found This is a little excessive for a default installation as the visual footprint from init should be minimal. It does not seem to be valid as an error or a warning. This can be worked around by adding a directory in debian.sysvinit-core.dirs. However, this then leads us to a documentation issue: you have to read the source code to realise that only files ending ".tab" will be read. Therefore I suggest the patch below [4] would be a better resolution in the debian package, including a README to explain this point. But we are not out of the woods. The change [1] that introduced this feature did not document it. So I suggest that the upstream documents the directory and its constraints in the man pages. Then if you do use the feature, you get excessively verbose output due to [2]: printf("Got line: %s\n", buf); I think upstream should remove that. This directory has some potential to reduce the fragility of maintscripts when packages include inittab drop-ins, such as runit-run [3]. Do you think any of my suggestions is worth actioning? Andrew [1] https://codeberg.org/thejessesmith/sysvinit/commit/d4cc79bcb907b39722f1431d4881bcfcf8740c49 [2] https://codeberg.org/thejessesmith/sysvinit/commit/a24e0232e5298a0cdde102d72ccb255f57ab4e09 [3] https://sources.debian.org/src/runit/2.3.0-1/debian/runit-run.postinst#L30-L41 [4] diff --git a/debian/inittab.d/README b/debian/inittab.d/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5230440b --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/inittab.d/README @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +This directory accepts drop-in inittab(5) fragments with names ending in ".tab" diff --git a/debian/sysvinit-core.install b/debian/sysvinit-core.install index 1d973126..884622c7 100644 --- a/debian/sysvinit-core.install +++ b/debian/sysvinit-core.install @@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ sbin/init usr/sbin sbin/runlevel usr/sbin sbin/shutdown usr/sbin usr/include/initreq.h +debian/inittab.d etc -- System Information: Debian Release: forky/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 6.19.6+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/24 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages sysvinit-core depends on: ii initscripts 3.15-6 ii libc6 2.42-13 ii libselinux1 3.9-2 ii login 1:4.16.0-2+really2.41.3-4 ii mount 2.41.3-4 ii sysv-rc 3.15-6 ii sysvinit-utils 3.15-6 Versions of packages sysvinit-core recommends: ii orphan-sysvinit-scripts 0.23 Versions of packages sysvinit-core suggests: ii bootlogd 3.15-6 -- no debconf information ]