24109 – incomplete RC_NOCOLOR support in /sbin/rc

Bug 24109 - incomplete RC_NOCOLOR support in /sbin/rc

Summary: incomplete RC_NOCOLOR support in /sbin/rc

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED)

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Duplicates (1):	25350 (view as bug list)
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Reported:	2003-07-08 09:12 UTC by splite
Modified:	2003-07-27 00:14 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description splite 2003-07-08 09:12:32 UTC

/sbin/rc contains a hard-coded ANSI color escape sequence, which causes all the
boot messages to appear blue, even with RC_NOCOLOR set to "yes".  Here's a fix:

--- rc.orig     2003-07-07 17:00:31.000000000 -0500
+++ rc  2003-07-08 11:07:28.000000000 -0500
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
        PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:${PATH}"
 
        echo
-       echo -e "${GOOD}Gentoo Linux${GENTOO_VERS};
\e[34;01mhttp://www.gentoo.org/${NORMAL}"
+       echo -e "${GOOD}Gentoo Linux${GENTOO_VERS};
${BRACKET}http://www.gentoo.org/${NORMAL}"
        echo -e " Copyright 2001-2003 Gentoo Technologies, Inc.; Distributed
under the GPL"
        echo
 
(Am I the only one who hates ANSI colors?)

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-07-16 12:10:45 UTC

Fixed in CVS, thanks.

Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2003-07-27 00:14:13 UTC

*** Bug 25350 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***