[Bug 1351295] Re: Boot fails if /sbin/init (or init= arg) is an absolute symlink

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This bug was fixed in the package initramfs-tools - 0.103ubuntu8

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initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu8) utopic; urgency=medium

  * Add readlink symlink for busybox in the busybox hook, needed to
    support /sbin/init as a readlink (LP: #1351295).
 -- Dimitri John Ledkov <xnox at ubuntu.com>   Fri, 01 Aug 2014 16:46:35 +0100

** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  Boot fails if /sbin/init (or init= arg) is an absolute symlink

Status in “initramfs-tools” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Booting current Utopic with init=/bin/systemd fails., or installing
  systemd-sysv fails. In both cases we are dealing with an absolute
  symlink "/bin/systemd -> /lib/systemd/systemd" or "/sbin/init ->
  /lib/systemd/systemd". I see:

  /init: line 307: readlink: not found
  Target filesystem doesn't have requested /bin/systemd
  and then a kernel panic.

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