Bug#828006: systemd: "quiet" kernel boot parameter overrides LogLevel= in /etc/systemd/system.conf

[Brian Kroth]

Brian Kroth <bpkroth at gmail.com> 2016-06-24 13:21:
>Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> 2016-06-23 23:41:
>>Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
>>
>>Hi Brian
>>
>>Am 23.06.2016 um 19:09 schrieb Brian Kroth:
>>> Per [1], the current version of systemd in Debian Jessie (v215) has an
>>>issue that makes the "quiet" kernel boot parameter override values of
>>>LogLevel= in the /etc/systemd/system.conf file (mine has LogLevel=info
>>>explicitly set) and explicitly sets it to "notice" instead of the
>>>documented default of "info".
>>>
>>>There's a simple patch [2] that fixes this that I'd like to suggest
>>>backporting.
>>
>>
>>That commit seem okayish for a jessie backport
>>
>>
>>>[2]
>>><https://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=5e07a79e84ab8b045b9df1a2719f14fc84471a1d>
>>
>>A simple cherry-pick of 5e07a79e on top of v215 fails.
>>Have you backported this commit for v215 and given it some testing?
>>If so, can you attach the (tested) patch to this bug report.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Michael
>
>Hi, sorry, I ran out of time before the weekend.  I'll try and finish 
>testing that and get back to you sometime on Monday.
>
>I'll note that I had to use the following to cherrypick the patch from 
>git since the changes to src/shared/log.c (just comments) failed to 
>match anything nearby:
>
># git format-patch -1 5e07a79e84ab8b045b9df1a2719f14fc84471a1d -- src/core/main.c
>
>Cheers,
>Brian

Hi, I've done a little bit of testing with the patch and it does indeed 
appear to fix the issue.  Here's the resulting diff for the package I 
built.  Let me know if you need anything else.

Thanks,
Brian
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