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diff --git a/chapter06/sysvinit.xml b/chapter06/sysvinit.xml index 4f098a0b0..f39213f2e 100644 --- a/chapter06/sysvinit.xml +++ b/chapter06/sysvinit.xml @@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ running, and shutdown of your system.</para> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Sysvinit</title> +<para>Sysvinit &sysvinit-version; contains a "buffer overflow" bug. +Under some conditions, it clobbers the +values of environment variables. Fix that:</para> +<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../sysvinit-&sysvinit-version;-proclen-1.patch</userinput></screen> <para>When run-levels are changed (for example, when halting the system), <command>init</command> sends termination signals to those processes that <command>init</command> itself started and that shouldn't be running in the new |