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/sbin/init: unrecognized option '--version'
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If you get an error in some script or whatever like:

/sbin/init: unrecognized option '--version'

This is probably because:

  • /sbin/init is a symlink to /lib/systemd/systemd
  • systemd supports the --version flag, but not if it is called via a symlink ??

So, if possible, replace calls to /sbin/init with calls to systemd instead. Or something

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