Package: ngetty
Version: 1.1-3
Severity: normal
Systemd does not read /etc/inittab, so switching from sysvinit to
systemd-sysv as PID 1 (e.g. as part of a Wheezy-to-Jessie upgrade) can
disable ngetty.
Getting ngetty to work with systemd would require some kind of custom
/etc/systemd/system/getty@.service to override the default
/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service. (Systemd also seems to create
extra getty processes on demand instead of leaving them taking up
memory all the time, so it may or may not be worth the effort.)
With sysvinit, ngetty is still just as usable as ever, but the package
needs a NEWS.Debian or similar to tell dist-upgrading users that they
may need to reconfigure it if they want it to keep working.
(Or if it's too late to get changes through the freeze, at least it
can be documented here in the BTS.)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.17-1-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages ngetty depends on:
ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian13+nmu1
ngetty recommends no packages.
ngetty suggests no packages.
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/ngetty/Conf [Errno 13] Permission denied: u'/etc/ngetty/Conf'
-- no debconf information
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
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