[BusyBox] init applet "reverse order" config file?

Erik Andersen andersen at codepoet.org
Mon Sep 30 15:01:03 UTC 2002


On Thu Sep 26, 2002 at 03:12:33PM -0400, Allan Clark wrote:
> BusyBox;
> 
> I didn't see any discussion of this inthe last month's subject lines. 
> There is seems to be no way to search the archives.
> 
> (Busybox 0.60.4, linux-2.4.19, full-blown libc and ld-linux)
> >From the documentation:
> (http://www.busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html)
> >                 Unrecognized actions (like initdefault) will cause init to emit an
> >                      error message, and then go along with its business.  All actions are
> >                      run in the reverse order from how they appear in /etc/inittab.
> > 
> >              <process>:

This used to be true.  But people found it confusing so I changed
it, but I forgot to update the docs.  I just updated the docs in
CVS.

> What order is the correct (ie intended) way?

The docs now read:

    "All actions are run in the order they appear in /etc/inittab"

 -Erik

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