Description of problem: When using the \S{VARIABLE} option in /etc/issue an incorrect value is returned by agetty Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): agetty from util-linux 2.23.2 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set /etc/issue to the following configuration Session: \l \S{NAME} \S{VERSION} (IP=\4{eth1}) 2. Restart/Reload getty related services #systemctl restart getty 3. Observe virtual console(s) on tty1 Actual results: Session: tty1 Red hat Enterprise Linux Server _ID="7.4 (IP=10.xxx.xxx.xxx) Expected results: Session: tty1 Red hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.4 (Maipo) (IP=10.xxx.xxx.xxx) Additional info: It appears to be the matching of the variable names when parsing /etc/os-release as it appears to be finding VERSION="7.4 (Maipo)" and then finding VERSION_ID="7.4" ... If you switch the order of these in the os-release file so that VERSION_ID comes before VERSION the expected behaviour is observed.
Oops ... should have put "Always" for how reproducible
Oh, that's stupid bug. Fixed in upstream tree by commit 949e83997906ab8dd8442f28d74c34bb5a2395ee. Thanks for your report!
Thanks for the speedy response and having looked at the fix I can see that instead of changing the order of the variables in /etc/os-release I can simply change the variable used in /etc/issue from \S{VERSION} to \{VERSION=} and this will work both now and when the patch comes through. Keep up the great work
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:0936