Bug#538257: inittab comment inconsistent with example.

Mark Hindley mark at hindley.org.uk
Tue Feb 25 10:17:11 GMT 2025


Control: tags -1 patch forky

I suggest the following patch for forky-cycle.

Mark

commit 2de6da195d49da7d83d93da1dd6fddf5562c764b
Author: Mark Hindley <mark at hindley.org.uk>
Date:   Tue Feb 25 10:11:49 2025 +0000

    Update inittab on new installations to use inittab(5) consistent id names.
    
    Closes: #538257

diff --git a/debian/share/inittab b/debian/share/inittab
index 5ac6f6d3..77dbf289 100644
--- a/debian/share/inittab
+++ b/debian/share/inittab
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ po::powerokwait:/etc/init.d/powerfail stop
 
 # /sbin/getty invocations for the runlevels.
 #
-# The "id" field MUST be the same as the last
-# characters of the device (after "tty").
+# The "id" field is traditionally the same as the
+# last characters of the device (after "tty").
 #
 # Format:
 #  <id>:<runlevels>:<action>:<process>
@@ -60,15 +60,15 @@ po::powerokwait:/etc/init.d/powerfail stop
 
 # Example how to put a getty on a serial line (for a terminal)
 #
-#T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100
-#T1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100
+#S0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100
+#S1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100
 #
 # or on a USB serial line
 #U0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyUSB0 9600 vt100
 
 # Example how to put a getty on a modem line.
 #
-#T3:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -x0 -s 57600 ttyS3
+#S3:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -x0 -s 57600 ttyS3
 
 # Example for systemd-nspawn
 # Only /dev/console exists inside nspawn, so we need a getty on that.



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