Shift some required functionality from switch_root.c to init.
String manipulation and filtering, and testing for the existence of init
is easier in the init script than in C.
The switch_root shell script did not work with bash-4.0-2, because
"exec" gets the real path of the executable which is then
"/sysroot/lib/ld-linux.so.2" instread of "./lib/ld-linux.so.2".
Also the required chroot binary might live in /usr/bin, which can
be mounted later.
Here is the switch_root code from nash, which can be stripped down
further, but which works.
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From: Harald Hoyer <harald-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 13:41:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] replace switch_root shell script with binary
The switch_root shell script did not work with bash-4.0-2, because
"exec" gets the real path of the executable which is then
"/sysroot/lib/ld-linux.so.2" instead of "./lib/ld-linux.so.2".
Also the required chroot binary might live in /usr/bin, which can
be mounted later.
Here is the switch_root code from nash, which can be stripped down
further, but which works.
Victor Lowther