#3593 PR merged: Various systemd and getty related improvements

Labels: enhancement, fixed / solved / done

lzaoral opened issue at 2026-03-27 11:48:

Pull Request Details:

  • Type: Bug Fix/Enhancement

  • Impact: Normal

  • Reference to related issue (URL): N/A

  • How was this pull request tested? Fedora Rawhide aarch64 VM and RHEL 7 x86_64 VM

  • Description of the changes in this pull request:

    • Remove serial-getty@ttyS0.service unit file
    • Fix invalid DefaultInstance in the getty@.service template unit
    • Remove redundant getty@tty0.service
    • Remove redundant ctrl-alt-del.target
    • systemd: add a default systemd preset

See the related commit messages for additional rationale. This PR contains no AI contributions.

jsmeix commented at 2026-03-31 12:31:

@lzaoral
thank you for your continuing improvements of ReaR
in particular in non-commonplace but important areas!

FYI: I am unable to review this pull request because
my theoretical knowledge in this area is basically nothing
and I had never used any serial device in practice.

jsmeix commented at 2026-09-04 11:36:

@gdha
see above my
https://github.com/rear/rear/pull/3593#issuecomment-4162306744

I am unable to review this pull request because
my theoretical knowledge in this area is basically nothing
and I had never used any serial device in practice.

gdha commented at 2026-09-29 07:58:

@rear/contributors When there are no objections I would like to merge this PR by the end of this week (Friday 02/October/2026).

[Export of Github issue for rear/rear.]