reassign 655131 util-linux thanks On Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 06:13:37PM +0000, Brian Potkin wrote: > Has there ever been a time when a Debian system did not leave boot > messages on the screen before displaying the login prompt? With the > present getty from util-linux this no longer happens; clearing the > screen before presenting the prompt is now the default. > > I suppose you could provide an inittab with the --noclear option to > getty in it but surely, at the least, a mention of the change in the > traditional behaviour in NEWS.Debian is worth a line or two?
The only change was in util-linux, so I think it's best documented there. If anyone wants to update their inittab to add the --noclear option, that's fine. However, the new behaviour is probably better for most users--any failures should be logged in any case, though I sometimes do wish that the console output of all initscripts was logged to syslog as well. Regards, Roger -- .''`. Roger Leigh : :' : Debian GNU/Linux http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/ `. `' Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/ `- GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848 Please GPG sign your mail. _______________________________________________ Pkg-sysvinit-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-sysvinit-devel
