initdefault has no effect

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Mike Burger wrote:
> 
> Again...within inittab, the # character is not a comment delimiter...the ;
> character is.
> 
> Because the # was used, the first default line was matched, therefore
> processing to determine the default runlevel stopped at the first
> match...the line with the 5 in it.
> 
> Subsequent lines, which do not contain "initdefault" are processed,
> because they do not match the "initdefault" parameter that was matched
> above.
Strange - I have always been under the impression that both # and ;
work as comment delimiters in inittab. If # is not a comment
delimiter, then all the other comment lines that start with # should
generate syntax errors.

Mikkel
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