Hi,
on fedora 30 as root
# dnf install dumb-init
let's try podman as normal user
the following command does not work (busybox image)
$ podman run --rm -ti --init --init-path=/bin/dumb-init busybox /bin/sh
standard_init_linux.go:211: exec user process caused "no such file or directory"
but when using fedora image it works
$ podman run --rm -ti --init --init-path=/bin/dumb-init registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-minimal:30 /bin/sh
but when using statically
and as normal user
$ chmod +x ~/.local/bin/dumb-init
$ ldd ~/.local/bin/dumb-init
not a dynamic executable
$ podman run --rm -ti --init --init-path=~/.local/bin/dumb-init busybox /bin/sh
it works fine
so should fedora ship statically linked dumb-init?