Bug#403369: initscripts: boot messages not displayed on serial console with bootlogd enabled

[Dmitry Bogatov]

control: tags -1 +unreproducible +moreinfo

[2006-12-16 18:01] Paul Slootman <paul at debian.org>
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> Package: initscripts
> Version: 2.86.ds1-14.1
> Severity: normal
>
> While configuring a Sun Netra T1 (which only has a serial console, no
> graphics at all), I noticed that the boot messages from init scripts
> stopped displaying when I enabled bootlogd. I get this (serial consoles
> _are_ handy :-) :
>
> ----
> [   23.190733] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
> [   23.268793] VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly.
> INIT: version 2.86 booting
> Starting boot logger: bootlogd[   24.866020] Adding 2931760k swap on /dev/md4.  Priority:-1 extentsk
> [...]

Seems things changed for 13 years. I just set up virtual machine with
following kernel options:

	console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600n

and runit with "kvm -serial file:serial". When it booted content of
/var/log/boot in VM and "serial" on host was same -- both listed events
up to openssh service.

So, seems I need more information and guidance to debug this issue.
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