Changeset 98468 in vbox for trunk/src/VBox/Installer

Timestamp:

Feb 3, 2023 2:54:32 PM (22 months ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

Linux: Additions and host installer: Improve check if distribution is running systemd as init process, bugref:10347.

File:

• trunk/src/VBox/Installer/linux/routines.sh (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/VBox/Installer/linux/routines.sh

@@ -187 +187 @@
 }
 
-# Checks if systemd is the init system of choice
+# Checks if systemctl is present and functional (i.e., systemd is the init process).
 use_systemd()
 {
-    # First condition is what halfway recent systemd uses itself, and the
-    # other two checks should cover everything back to v1.
-    test -e /run/systemd/system || test -e /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd || test -e /cgroup/systemd
+    systemctl status >/dev/null 2>&1
 }