Bug 586499

Summary: There is no longer a 'clear' command in the anaconda/kickstart environment
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Don Hoover <donhoover>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Martin Gracik <mgracik>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Release Test Team <release-test-team-automation>
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Version: 6.0CC: atodorov, dgregor, dmach
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Fixed In Version: anaconda-13.21.34-1 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Don Hoover 2010-04-27 18:06:43 UTC 
Description of problem:
There is no longer a 'clear' command to clear the screen in the anaconda/kickstart environment for %pre/%post scripts to use.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL 6 Beta 1

How reproducible:
clear command not found

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:
clear command not found

Expected results:
clear command would clear screen

Additional info:

I believe this is another casualty of removing busybox.  I bet that lots of people used 'clear' in their kickstart %pre and %post scripts though and will get an error.

This can simply be emulated by the following: echo -e "\033[H\033[J"

The stand along 'clear' executable needs to be added into the install image, or this should be documented in the release notes.
Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2010-04-27 19:03:14 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux major release.  Product Management has requested further
review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux Major release.  This request is not yet committed for
inclusion.
Comment 3 Martin Gracik 2010-04-29 12:27:01 UTC 
Fixed in version anaconda-13.21.34.el6
Comment 6 Alexander Todorov 2010-05-11 21:10:43 UTC 
VERIFIED with anaconda-13.21.36-1.el6 / 0506.3 compose. 'clear' command is now present in stage2 (siwtch to tty2 and type 'clear').
Comment 7 releng-rhel@redhat.com 2010-07-02 20:47:38 UTC 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Beta 2 is now available and should resolve
the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed
with a resolution of CURRENTRELEASE. You may reopen this bug report if the
solution does not work for you.