nixos/terminfo: Fix less in systemd stage 1#511313
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Since `less` 691, we get `terminals database is inaccessible` in initrd. This is a problem because ordinary systemd commands like systemctl and journalctl often try to use the pager. Bisected to: gwsw/less@7bf5441 Fedora only adds these few terminfos to their initramfs, see dracut: https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/blob/5d2bda46f4e75e85445ee4d3bd3f68bf966287b9/modules.d/95terminfo/module-setup.sh#L12
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Just to get this right: this would only really be useful for tests where these commands might be invoked via the test driver, right? If yes, maybe we shouldn't enable this globally but just for tests. |
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This is useful for any person trying to run e.g. Adding the |
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less691, we getterminals database is inaccessiblein initrd. This is a problem because ordinary systemd commands like systemctl and journalctl often try to use the pager.Bisected to: gwsw/less@7bf5441
Fedora only adds these few terminfos to their initramfs, see dracut: https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/blob/5d2bda46f4e75e85445ee4d3bd3f68bf966287b9/modules.d/95terminfo/module-setup.sh#L12
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