Bug#1074073: systemctl: some lines flash for no apparent reason

[Luca Boccassi]

Control: tags -1 upstream
Control: forwarded -1 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/33449
Control: close -1

On Sat, 22 Jun 2024 21:45:33 +0000 Michael Gold <michael at bitplane.org>
wrote:
> Package: systemd
> Version: 256.1-1
> Severity: minor
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> When I run systemctl, some lines are under-lined; and since some time
> within the last year, these have flashed at about 1 Hz.  It's
annoying
> and makes them difficult to read.
> 
> For example, these lines are affected:
>   proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount
>   user.slice
> 
> I'm using urxvt, but xterm and mlterm behave the same way.
> 
> The under-lining seems non-sensical, although the manual explains it:
>   The header and the last unit of a given type are underlined
> 
> I find no mention of what the flashing is meant to indicate.  If it's
> intentional, it should be explained and there should be some way way
to
> disable it.

There are no patches affecting this downstream. Issues unrelated to
configuration/packages/patches need to be reported upstream. There's
already a github issue about this.

-- 
Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi