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mingetty --no-clear is hard-coded

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44347: closed (mingetty --no-clear is hard-coded)
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2020 17:13:02 +0000

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From: Jesse Gibbons <jgibbons2357 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: mingetty --no-clear is hard-coded
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2020 09:16:19 -0600

The --no-clear option is hard-coded for mingetty, with no documentation 
about why. The mingetty page says,
       --noclear
              Do not clear the screen before prompting for the login 
name (the
              screen is normally cleared).

I do not think I am alone in preferring the screen cleared after logout. 
I also think it could be a security issue. For now my workaround is to 
include a call to "tput reset" or "clear" in my .bash_logout script, but 
that has to be configured for every user and requires more packages 
installed either at the system level or per-user.

I think this is an "easy for beginners" issue. I would fix it myself, 
but I have a lot of other stuff to do.

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
Cc: 44347-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jesse Gibbons <jgibbons2357 <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#44347: mingetty --no-clear is hard-coded
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2020 18:12:14 +0100

This was fixed by commit e3ae31347882b25e1513e4475616fb6e4497e280.

Closing!

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