[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/systemd: set vconsole support option to default y
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Mon Feb 18 22:26:43 UTC 2019
>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com> writes:
> On Fri, 4 Jan 2019 21:35:23 +0000
> "David J. Fogle" <Dave at exitstrategytech.com> wrote:
>> package/systemd: set vconsole support option to default y
>>
>> Without this support option enabled, systemd does not allow vterm
>> switching, and could possibly lead to user lockout on tty1.
>>
>> We prevent these scenarios by enabling the vconsole tool default y,
>> as console login is much more prevalent than not. This allows the
>> option to disable the tool if needed, but as this is a rare usage,
>> it is better to let a user decide they do *not* need it than to
>> expect them to know they *do*.
>>
>> Any serial connections will not be impacted by absence of this tool, as there are no vconsoles on serial.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: David Fogle <dave at exitstrategytech.com>
>> ---
>> package/systemd/Config.in | 1 +
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> Applied to master with the reworked commit message proposed by Yann.
> Thanks!
Committed to 2018.02.x and 2018.11.x, thanks.
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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