From: Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 15:06:13 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: getty: remove --issue-file parameter
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getty: remove --issue-file parameter

agetty from util-linux is meanwhile following the configuration file
specification for /etc/issue. The usage of "--issue-file" breaks this
on distributions with current util-linux.
---

diff --git a/README b/README
index 1bbcd5f671c..a5e61637218 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -259,9 +259,9 @@ REQUIREMENTS:
         During runtime, you need the following additional
         dependencies:
 
-        util-linux >= v2.27.1 required (including but not limited to: mount,
-                                        umount, swapon, swapoff, sulogin,
-                                        agetty, fsck)
+        util-linux >= v2.41 required (including but not limited to: mount,
+                                      umount, swapon, swapoff, sulogin,
+                                      agetty, fsck)
         dbus >= 1.4.0 (strictly speaking optional, but recommended)
                 NOTE: If using dbus < 1.9.18, you should override the default
                 policy directory (--with-dbuspolicydir=/etc/dbus-1/system.d).
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 321e4f454a1..090bbf0e548 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -116,10 +116,6 @@ Deprecations and removals:
 
 * Consider removing root=gpt-auto, and push people to use root=dissect instead.
 
-* Once
-  https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/508fb0e7ac103b68531a59db2a4473897853ab52
-  has hit the prominent distributions, revert --issue-file= hack in units/*getty*service.in
-
 Features:
 
 * Maybe introducean InodeRef structure inspired by PidRef, which references a
diff --git a/units/console-getty.service.in b/units/console-getty.service.in
index d28fddbc039..947346aebc4 100644
--- a/units/console-getty.service.in
+++ b/units/console-getty.service.in
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Before=getty.target
 ConditionPathExists=/dev/console
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=-{{AGETTY}} --noreset --noclear --issue-file=/etc/issue:/etc/issue.d:/run/issue.d:/usr/lib/issue.d --keep-baud 115200,57600,38400,9600 - ${TERM}
+ExecStart=-{{AGETTY}} --noreset --noclear --keep-baud 115200,57600,38400,9600 - ${TERM}
 Type=idle
 Restart=always
 UtmpIdentifier=cons
diff --git a/units/container-getty@.service.in b/units/container-getty@.service.in
index 839a76c73f8..1bd0edcd66e 100644
--- a/units/container-getty@.service.in
+++ b/units/container-getty@.service.in
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Conflicts=rescue.service
 Before=rescue.service
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=-{{AGETTY}} --noreset --noclear --issue-file=/etc/issue:/etc/issue.d:/run/issue.d:/usr/lib/issue.d - ${TERM}
+ExecStart=-{{AGETTY}} --noreset --noclear - ${TERM}
 Type=idle
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=0
diff --git a/units/getty@.service.in b/units/getty@.service.in
index e7e2aab045f..2a7ff07bb9c 100644
--- a/units/getty@.service.in
+++ b/units/getty@.service.in
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Before=rescue.service
 ConditionPathExists=/dev/tty0
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=-{{AGETTY}} --noreset --noclear --issue-file=/etc/issue:/etc/issue.d:/run/issue.d:/usr/lib/issue.d - ${TERM}
+ExecStart=-{{AGETTY}} --noreset --noclear - ${TERM}
 Type=idle
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=0
diff --git a/units/serial-getty@.service.in b/units/serial-getty@.service.in
index 01c6b0abb23..d89805a0ef6 100644
--- a/units/serial-getty@.service.in
+++ b/units/serial-getty@.service.in
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Conflicts=rescue.service
 Before=rescue.service
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=-{{AGETTY}} --noreset --noclear --issue-file=/etc/issue:/etc/issue.d:/run/issue.d:/usr/lib/issue.d --keep-baud 115200,57600,38400,9600 - ${TERM}
+ExecStart=-{{AGETTY}} --noreset --noclear --keep-baud 115200,57600,38400,9600 - ${TERM}
 Type=idle
 Restart=always
 UtmpIdentifier=%I