Comment 25 for bug 85014

Scott James Remnant wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 02:47 +0000, Pat Regan wrote:
>> It doesn't really matter who he is addressing. The bug I reported over
>> a year ago that got pointed at this bug still exists today. If you
>> configure a server with a "-s" anywhere in the name AND use the server
>> installers default LVM names your fresh install will always boot into
>> single user mode.
>>
> Yes, it still exists today; as do many tens of thousands of bugs filed
> in this bug tracking system.
>
> Please note that this bug is not closed: it is not marked Invalid, and
> it is not marked Won't Fix.
>
> It is simply considered to be Low priority because the number of people
> directly affected by this bug is extremely low, and there are
> workarounds available from this bug report that those people may
> install.

I believe I can understand this bug ("Fail to enter rc1.d by putting 1
in bootparam in edgy") being marked as low priority.

I don't agree that the bug I files (#123147) should be a low priority.
Choosing a valid host name for a server should certainly not result in a
failure to boot correctly. It certainly wasn't the first place I looked
when it happened to me.

> A full and proper fix will eventually be released, but there are far
> more important bugs that deserve attention first; and that's without
> even straying from the Upstart bug list.

There's always something to be said about picking the low hanging fruit.

I offered, although it seems not very strongly, to write up a fix for
this problem in June of 2007. I asked again a few days ago if a patch
would be welcome. I assume you're saying that assistance is not
welcomed, then? The fix is simple enough, the -w switch for grep just
isn't the right way to separate parameters on the kernel command line.

Pat