Bug#416927: Processed: Re: [Yaird-devel] Processed: Re: Bug#410836: upstart: Option --debug described in README.Debian.gz does not work with yaird

[Michael Biebl]

Hi Jonas,

Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> Michael Biebl wrote:
>> The "--debug" commandline option works fine with initramfs-tools and if
>> you don't use a initramfs. So this problem only occurs with yaird.
>> That's why I think yaird is at fault here. yaird should simply pass
>> unknown cmdline options to the /sbin/init process imho.
> 
> I do understand that to be your opinion. Thanks for the more detailed
> explanation.
> 
> As I wrote, I believe there is two different bugs here.
> 
> If you disagree, then simply close bug#410836 explaining why you believe
> it not to be a bug, and allow me to handle bug#416927.
> 

It's absolutely not a problem for me to add a note to README.Debian
about the issue with yaird not passing the --debug flag to init and I'll
add it in the next revision.
I just think yaird should at least handle such a case more gracefully.
So, instead of killing (or not starting) /sbin/init,
yaird could filter out unknown boot options, print a warning message to
stdout like
"WARNING: unknown boot option $foo. Proceeding..."
and just go on. Leaving an unbootable system is not very userfriendly.

Cheers,
Michael


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