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Description of problem:
In rc.sysinit, begining with line 37:

== cut ==
if [ "`/sbin/consoletype`" = "vt" -a -x /sbin/setsysfont ]; then
   for i in `LC_ALL=C grep '^[0-9]*.*respawn:/sbin/mingetty' /etc/inittab | sed
's/^.* tty\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/g'`; do
      > /dev/tty$i
   done
== cut ==

The regular expression should be: '^[0-9].*respawn:/sbin/mingetty' instead. The
'*' after [0-9] means 0 digits or more, so if there are lines containing
respawn:/sbin/mingetty that will also match the regular expression, causing
unexistent ttys to be written.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
initscripts-7.24 and older

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. in inittab add a comment before a line coresponding to a tty that should pe
initialised in standard runlevels;
2. grep '^[0-9]*.*respawn:/sbin/mingetty' /etc/inittab
3. grep '^[0-9].*respawn:/sbin/mingetty' /etc/inittab
 and compare outputs.
    

Actual Results:  The output for the grep run at 2. will contain also the
commented line(s) that contain 'respawn:/sbin/mingetty'' string.

Additional info:

This can be anoying then you comment lines in inittab for ttys that where
deleted (let's say you created tty30 for testing purposes and then you deleted)
or are used for other purposes than logging in (logs, whatever).