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* Description of problem:

Per agetty(8), when /etc/issue contains the sequence \l, agetty is supposed to print:

>        l
>            Insert the name of the current tty line.

This used to work with RHEL7, does not work with RHEL-9.1

* Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
util-linux-core-2.37.4-9.el9.x86_64

* How reproducible:
100%

* Steps to Reproduce:
1. modify /etc/issue to something like:

\S \n \m \r, \U, \l

2. switch to a different character console (e.g. Ctrl+Alt+F5)

* Actual results:
The last piece of information on the greeting line is "-".

* Expected results:
It should be "tty5".

This is fixed in the upstream tree (and in Fedora) by commit
http://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/47831cc02ac0d71c335caecef1753f4c8861277c

*** Bug 2109252 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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 (util-linux bug fix and enhancement update), 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-2023:2581