MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - newer Kindle firmware can't use 'awk', so jb hotfix fails

NiLuJe · 05-24-2023, 03:34 PM

Yeah, looks like forkless shenanigans blowing up.

I don't quite recall how that's implemented and what the limitations are, but I haven't had any issues with it over "real" SSH shells, FWIW (as long as said shell is ash from the same busybox build, I mean; otherwise it's no longer forkless ;p).

05-24-2023, 03:34 PM	#5
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Yeah, looks like forkless shenanigans blowing up. I don't quite recall how that's implemented and what the limitations are, but I haven't had any issues with it over "real" SSH shells, FWIW (as long as said shell is ash from the same busybox build, I mean; otherwise it's no longer forkless ;p).