--- init/init.c	4 Feb 2006 18:39:33 -0000	1.131
+++ init/init.c	19 Nov 2007 21:14:40 -0000
@@ -1082,10 +1082,12 @@
 static void
 launch_something (const char *why)
 {
+  file_t something;
   static unsigned int try;
   static const char *const tries[] =
   {
     "/libexec/runsystem",
+    "/libexec/runsystem.gnu",
     _PATH_BSHELL,
     "/bin/shd",			/* XXX */
   };
@@ -1093,12 +1095,26 @@
   if (why)
     error (0, 0, "%s %s", tries[try - 1], why);
 
-  if (try == 0 && start_child (tries[try++], &global_argv[1]) == 0)
-      return;
+  something = file_name_lookup (tries[try], O_EXEC, 0);
+  if (something != MACH_PORT_NULL)
+    {
+      mach_port_deallocate (mach_task_self (), something);
+      if (try == 0 && start_child (tries[try++], &global_argv[1]) == 0)
+        return;
+    }
+  else
+    try++;
 
   while (try < sizeof tries / sizeof tries[0])
-    if (start_child (tries[try++], NULL) == 0)
-      return;
+    {
+      something = file_name_lookup (tries[try], O_EXEC, 0);
+      if (something != MACH_PORT_NULL)
+	{
+	  mach_port_deallocate (mach_task_self (), something);
+	  if (start_child (tries[try++], NULL) == 0)
+	    return;
+	}
+    }
 
   crash_system ();
 }
--- daemons/console-run.c	26 Mar 2002 18:59:31 -0000	1.5
+++ daemons/console-run.c	19 Nov 2007 20:16:15 -0000
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
   mach_port_t consdev = get_console ();
+  mach_port_t runsystem;
   char *consname;
 
   if (consdev == MACH_PORT_NULL)
@@ -62,6 +63,12 @@
   if (argc < 2)
     error (1, 0, "Usage: %s PROGRAM [ARG...]", program_invocation_short_name);
 
+  /* Check whether runsystem exists before opening a console for it.  */
+  runsystem = file_name_lookup (argv[1], O_RDONLY, 0);
+  if (runsystem == MACH_PORT_NULL)
+    error (127, errno, "cannot open file `%s' for execution", argv[1]);
+  mach_port_deallocate (mach_task_self (), runsystem);
+
   if (open_console (&consname))
     setenv ("FALLBACK_CONSOLE", consname, 1);