#1146904 busybox-static: sulogin lacks support for the option -e

Package:
busybox-static
Source:
busybox-static
Description:
Standalone rescue shell with tons of builtin utilities
Submitter:
Benjamin Drung
Date:
2026-09-06 21:51:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1146904#5
Date:
2026-09-06 21:48:50 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

The Dracut module dracut-systemd might call `sulogin -e`, but busybox
does not support the option `-e`. This missing option is reported
upstream at https://github.com/vda-linux/busybox_mirror/issues/36.

The Dracut busybox module skips intstalling the sulogin applet. This
has no effect when using busybox-static because busybox-static is built
with CONFIG_FEATURE_PREFER_APPLETS enabled. Busybox sh will prefer the
incompatible sulogin applet instead of using the real sulogin binary.