[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#660335: missing bits of TERM=xterm transition

[Jonathan Nieder]

Hi,

Robert Millan wrote:

> +++ debian/control	2012-02-18 12:17:09 +0000
> @@ -25,8 +25,18 @@ Pre-Depends: initscripts (>= 2.88dsf-13.
[...]
> -# Required for TERM=xterm switch (see #605777)
> - kbdcontrol (>= 8.2+ds2-6) [kfreebsd-any]
> +Breaks:
> +# Broken by TERM=xterm transition
> + kfreebsd-image-8.1-1-amd64 [kfreebsd-any],
> + kfreebsd-image-8.1-1-486 [kfreebsd-any],
[...]
> +++ debian/postinst	2012-02-18 12:12:12 +0000
[...]
> @@ -50,6 +51,13 @@ rm -f /etc/ioctl.save
>  if [ ! -f /etc/inittab ]
>  then
>  	cp -p /usr/share/sysvinit/inittab /etc/inittab
> +else
> +	case "$UNAME" in
> +		*FreeBSD)
> +			# TEKEN_XTERM transition
> +			sed -i /etc/inittab -e "s/cons25$/xterm/"

What happens if I "kill -s HUP 1" after upgrading sysvinit and before
rebooting?