plymouthd sets first char of proc title to '@'

Bug #1294618 reported by James Hunt
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Bug Description

When plymouthd is running, it's /proc/$pid/cmdline shows argv[0] as '@sbin/plymouthd'.

Running plymouthd without specifying the path sets cmdline to '@lymouthd' so it is over-writing the first character of its argv[0].

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: plymouth 0.8.8-0ubuntu15
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-18.38-generic 3.13.6
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-18-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Mar 19 11:52:23 2014
DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-10-21 (1245 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
MachineType: LENOVO 2516CTO
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-18-generic root=UUID=7ad192e9-7b26-49d1-8e1c-fefc7dc495cb ro quiet splash intel_pstate=enable
ProcFB:

ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-18-generic root=UUID=7ad192e9-7b26-49d1-8e1c-fefc7dc495cb ro quiet splash intel_pstate=enable
SourcePackage: plymouth
TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-11-01 (137 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 08/27/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 6IET72WW (1.32 )
dmi.board.name: 2516CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6IET72WW(1.32):bd08/27/2010:svnLENOVO:pn2516CTO:pvrThinkPadT410:rvnLENOVO:rn2516CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 2516CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T410
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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