[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.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard



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