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-rw-r--r--init/init.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/init/init.c b/init/init.c
index 785a3b4..1e1ce83 100644
--- a/init/init.c
+++ b/init/init.c
@@ -1105,10 +1105,14 @@ int init_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
setsid();
/* Make sure environs is set to something sane */
- putenv((char *) "HOME=/");
putenv((char *) bb_PATH_root_path);
putenv((char *) "SHELL=/bin/sh");
putenv((char *) "USER=root"); /* needed? why? */
+ /* Linux kernel sets HOME="/" when execing init,
+ * and it can be overridden (but not unset?) on kernel's command line.
+ * We used to set it to "/" here, but now we do not:
+ */
+ //putenv((char *) "HOME=/");
if (argv[1])
xsetenv("RUNLEVEL", argv[1]);