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Name: blog
Version: 2.34
%define sonum 2
Release: 1.1
Summary: Boot logging
License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Group: System/Base
URL: https://github.com/bitstreamout/showconsole
Source: https://github.com/bitstreamout/showconsole/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/showconsole-%{version}.tar.gz
Source1: blog-rpmlintrc
Patch0: blog-install.patch
Patch1: blog-3215.patch
BuildRequires: bash
%if 0%{suse_version} >= 1550
# regenerate_initrd_post moved to rpm-config-SUSE:initrd.macros
BuildRequires: rpm-config-SUSE >= 0.g11
%{regenerate_initrd_requires}
%else
Requires(post): /usr/bin/mkdir
Recommends: suse-module-tools
%endif
Requires(post): coreutils
BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
Provides: sysvinit-tools:/sbin/blogd
Suggests: blog-plymouth = %{version}
%description
The blogd daemon determines the real underlying character device of
/dev/console. Blogd spawns a pty/tty pair to reconnect the current
/dev/console with the slave of the pty/tty pair. During writing
information from this slave to the real character device a ring
buffer is used to hold the information for writing it to an existing
logging file.
%package -n libblogger%{sonum}
Summary: FIFO interface used by startproc
Group: System/Libraries
%if %sonum == 2
Provides: %{name}:%{_libdir}/libblogger.so.2
%endif
%description -n libblogger%{sonum}
The libaray for the FIFO interface used by the LSB startproc command.
%package plymouth
Summary: Replaces plymouth by blogd
Group: System/Base
Requires: blog = %{version}
Requires: systemd
Conflicts: plymouth
Conflicts: plymouth-dracut
%description plymouth
The Blogd daemon can be used as a replacement for Plymouth in situations where
a splash screen and/or usage of a frame buffer is unwanted. The Blogd is also
a Plymouth agent. That means, it can handle requests for a password prompt by
the system password service of systemd.
The blogd daemon writes out boot log messages to every terminal device used by
/dev/console and to the log file /var/log/boot.log. When halting or rebooting
the system, it moves the log file to /var/log/boot.old and appends all log
messages upto to point at which the file systems becomes unavailable.
%package devel
Summary: Provides library and header for boot logging
Group: Development/Libraries/C and C++
Requires: libblogger%{sonum} = %{version}
%description devel
The libaray and the header file for the FIFO interface used to build
the LSB startproc command.
%prep
%setup -q -n showconsole-%version
%patch -P0
%patch -P1
for l in rt util pthread
do
ln -sf %{_libdir}/lib${l}.so.[0-9] lib${l}.so
done
%build
make V=1 %{?_smp_mflags} CC="%__cc" \
LIBDIR=%{_libdir} \
INCDIR=%{_includedir} \
SYSDUNITS=%{_unitdir} \
BOOT_LOGFILE=%{_localstatedir}/log/boot.log \
BOOT_OLDLOGFILE=%{_localstatedir}/log/boot.old
%install
%make_install \
MANPATH=%{_mandir} \
INSTBINFLAGS="-m 0744" \
%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1550
SBINDIR=%{_sbindir} \
%endif
LIBDIR=%{_libdir} \
INCDIR=%{_includedir} \
SYSDUNITS=%{_unitdir} \
BOOT_LOGFILE=%{_localstatedir}/log/boot.log \
BOOT_OLDLOGFILE=%{_localstatedir}/log/boot.old
rm %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/systemd-ask-password-blog.service.wants/systemd-vconsole-setup.service
%post -n libblogger%{sonum} -p /sbin/ldconfig
%postun -n libblogger%{sonum} -p /sbin/ldconfig
%post plymouth
ln -sf ../systemd-vconsole-setup.service %{_unitdir}/systemd-ask-password-blog.service.wants/
test -x /bin/systemctl && /bin/systemctl daemon-reload >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
%if 0%{suse_version} >= 1550
%{regenerate_initrd_post}
%else
! command -v mkdir >/dev/null || mkdir -p /run/regenerate-initrd/
test ! -d /run/regenerate-initrd || > /run/regenerate-initrd/all
%endif
%postun plymouth
test -x /bin/systemctl && /bin/systemctl daemon-reload >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
%posttrans plymouth
%if 0%{suse_version} >= 1550
%{regenerate_initrd_posttrans}
%else
if test -x /usr/lib/module-init-tools/regenerate-initrd-posttrans
then
/usr/lib/module-init-tools/regenerate-initrd-posttrans
fi
%endif
%files
%defattr(-,root,root)
%license COPYING
%doc README
%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1550
/sbin/blogctl
/sbin/blogd
/sbin/blogger
/sbin/isserial
/sbin/setconsole
/sbin/showconsole
%else
%{_sbindir}/blogctl
%{_sbindir}/blogd
%{_sbindir}/blogger
%{_sbindir}/isserial
%{_sbindir}/setconsole
%{_sbindir}/showconsole
%endif
%doc %{_mandir}/man8/blogctl.8.gz
%doc %{_mandir}/man8/blogd.8.gz
%doc %{_mandir}/man8/blogger.8.gz
%doc %{_mandir}/man8/isserial.8.gz
%doc %{_mandir}/man8/setconsole.8.gz
%doc %{_mandir}/man8/showconsole.8.gz
%files -n libblogger%{sonum}
%{_libdir}/libblogger.so.*
%files devel
%defattr(-,root,root)
%{_includedir}/libblogger.h
%{_libdir}/libblogger.so
%files plymouth
%defattr(-,root,root)
%dir %{_prefix}/lib/dracut/
%dir %{_prefix}/lib/dracut/modules.d/
%dir %{_prefix}/lib/dracut/modules.d/99blog/
%dir %{_unitdir}/default.target.wants/
%dir %{_unitdir}/emergency.target.wants/
%dir %{_unitdir}/initrd-switch-root.target.wants/
%dir %{_unitdir}/rescue.target.wants/
%dir %{_unitdir}/sysinit.target.wants/
%dir %{_unitdir}/halt.target.wants/
%dir %{_unitdir}/reboot.target.wants/
%dir %{_unitdir}/poweroff.target.wants/
%dir %{_unitdir}/kexec.target.wants/
%dir %{_unitdir}/local-fs-pre.target.wants/
%dir %{_unitdir}/systemd-ask-password-blog.service.wants/
%{_prefix}/lib/dracut/modules.d/99blog/module-setup.sh
%{_unitdir}/blog-halt.service
%{_unitdir}/blog-kexec.service
%{_unitdir}/blog-poweroff.service
%{_unitdir}/blog-quit.service
%{_unitdir}/blog-reboot.service
%{_unitdir}/blog-store-messages.service
%{_unitdir}/blog-switch-initramfs.service
%{_unitdir}/blog-switch-root.service
%{_unitdir}/blog-umount.service
%{_unitdir}/blog.service
%{_unitdir}/systemd-ask-password-blog.path
%{_unitdir}/systemd-ask-password-blog.service
%{_unitdir}/default.target.wants/blog-quit.service
%{_unitdir}/emergency.target.wants/blog-quit.service
%{_unitdir}/halt.target.wants/blog-halt.service
%{_unitdir}/halt.target.wants/blog-switch-initramfs.service
%{_unitdir}/initrd-switch-root.target.wants/blog-switch-root.service
%{_unitdir}/initrd-switch-root.target.wants/blog.service
%{_unitdir}/kexec.target.wants/blog-kexec.service
%{_unitdir}/kexec.target.wants/blog-switch-initramfs.service
%{_unitdir}/local-fs-pre.target.wants/blog-umount.service
%{_unitdir}/poweroff.target.wants/blog-poweroff.service
%{_unitdir}/poweroff.target.wants/blog-switch-initramfs.service
%{_unitdir}/reboot.target.wants/blog-reboot.service
%{_unitdir}/reboot.target.wants/blog-switch-initramfs.service
%{_unitdir}/rescue.target.wants/blog-quit.service
%{_unitdir}/sysinit.target.wants/blog-store-messages.service
%{_unitdir}/sysinit.target.wants/blog.service
%ghost %attr(0644,root,root) %{_unitdir}/systemd-ask-password-blog.service.wants/systemd-vconsole-setup.service
%changelog
* Thu Apr 17 2025 Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
- Add patch blog-3215.patch
* Try to avoid blocking mode of 3215 console on s390x as holding
the output at `MORE' stops blogd, that is that it can not see
any messages over its socket like switch of the root file system.
* Thu Apr 17 2025 Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
- Add patch blog-install.patch
* Fixes install problems
* Use module-setup.sh to install in BUILDROOT
* Wed Apr 16 2025 Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
- Update to version 2.34
* Make it work on s390x (still no 3215 console)
This is a bug fix release. But still no support in conmode
3215 as there is a race triggered by using conmode 3215.
The order of the systemd units seems to change with this
console mode.
* Fri Apr 11 2025 Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
- Use rpm-config-SUSE instead of suse-module-tools for suse version
above 1550 and add code for the missing macros for older
distributions like leap 15.6
* Thu Apr 10 2025 Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
- The suse-module-tools are required at build otherwise blog
is not in the initrd
* Thu Apr 3 2025 Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
- Update to version 2.32
* Better 3270 console support, use uevent below /sys file system
* Wed Apr 2 2025 Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
- Update to version 2.31
* Handel BS on password prompt as well
* Drop spining code as systemd uses clear to end of line
escape sequence (hard coded!) for its cylon lines.
- blog: again suggest blog-plymouth
* Mon Mar 31 2025 Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
- Update to version 2.30
* The asking variable is not shared
* Allow password asking prompt to be repeated if empty.
* Make spinner support UTF-8 multibyte conform.
* Spinner lines of system still not handled.
* Fri Mar 28 2025 Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
- Update to version 2.29
* Make sure that password prompt is seen Latest
Use a temporary buffer to be silent during asking passwords.
And stop system console output during password questions
only if temporary buffer becomes short. As well as do coloring
on /dev/ttysclp0 for S390.
- Drop patch.patch as now upstream
* Fri Mar 28 2025 Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
- Modify temporary patch patch.patch
* Use a temporary buffer to be silent during asking passwords
* Stop system console output during password questions only
if temporary buffer becomes short
* Thu Mar 27 2025 Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
- Add temporary patch named patch.patch
* Stop system console output during password questions
* Do coloring on /dev/ttysclp0
* Wed Mar 12 2025 Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
- blog: recommend blog-plymouth instead of only suggesting
* More house advertising to make plymouth support of blogd
more familiar and known by the users
* Wed Nov 29 2023 Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
- Update to version 2.28
* UTMP support is gone, remove dependency also add support for
initramfs at shutdown.
* Mon Jul 10 2023 Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
- Fix big endian cast problems to be able to read commands
and answers (blogctl) as well as passphrases (blogd)
* Tue Dec 27 2022 Ludwig Nussel <lnussel@suse.com>
- Replace transitional %%usrmerged macro with regular version check (boo#1206798)
* Fri Dec 3 2021 Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
- Update to version 2.26
* On s390/x and PPC64 gcc misses unused arg0
- Remove patch fcb9e0c2.patch as now part of tar ball
* Thu Dec 2 2021 Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
- Add upstream patch fcb9e0c2.patch
* On s390/x and PPC64 gcc misses unused arg0
* Thu Dec 2 2021 Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
- Update to version 2.24
* Avoid install errror due missed directory
* Thu Dec 2 2021 Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
- Update to version 2.22
* Avoid KillMode=none for newer systemd version as well as rework
the systemd unit files of blog (boo#1186506)
* Thu Sep 30 2021 Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
- Move to /usr for UsrMerge (boo#1191057)
* Fri Apr 9 2021 Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
- Update to version 2.21
* Merge pull request #4 from samueldr/fix/makefile
Fixup Makefile for better build system support
* Silent new gcc compiler
* Fri Apr 9 2021 Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
- Fix package split done for shared library packaging guideline (bsc#1184479).
* Thu Jan 9 2020 Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
- Update to version 2.20
* Silent some gcc warnings, also avoid common variable (boo#1160385)
* Include <sys/sysmacros.h> for makedev
* sort input files (boo#1041090)
* libconsole: never return empty list from getconsoles()
* libconsole: Really allow to use /dev/console as a fallback in showconsole
* libconsole: Add console into the list only when successfully allocated
* libconsole: Correctly ignore early consoles
- Remove obsolate patch blog-Remove-unused-header.patch
* Fri Aug 30 2019 Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
- Add blog-Remove-unused-header.patch: Fix build with new glibc
(gh#bitstreamout/showconsole#3).
* Sat Apr 20 2019 Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
- Implement shared library packaging guideline.
* Thu Aug 2 2018 werner@suse.de
- Update to version 2.19 which integrates the patches now removed:
* sysmacros.patch
* libconsole-Really-allow-to-use-dev-console-as-a-fall.patch
* libconsole-never-return-empty-list-from-getconsoles.patch
* showconsole-2.18.tar.gz
* libconsole-Add-console-into-the-list-only-when-succe.patch
* libconsole-Correctly-ignore-early-consoles.patch
as well as the changes
* Correct wants directory for systemd-ask-password-blog.service
* Sort input files for reproducible builds
* Wed Aug 1 2018 schwab@suse.de
- sysmacros.patch: Include <sys/sysmacros.h> for makedev
* Mon Mar 19 2018 kukuk@suse.de
- Use %%license instead of %%doc [bsc#1082318]
* Tue Dec 12 2017 pmladek@suse.com
- hardening of the console list generation (bsc#1071568):
* libconsole-never-return-empty-list-from-getconsoles.patch
* libconsole-Really-allow-to-use-dev-console-as-a-fall.patch
* libconsole-Add-console-into-the-list-only-when-succe.patch
* libconsole-Correctly-ignore-early-consoles.patch
* Mon Nov 6 2017 werner@suse.de
- Change description of blog-plymouth in same manner as used by
the release notes
* Thu Apr 27 2017 werner@suse.de
- Add coreutils as required by post scriptlet (boo#1036436)
* Wed Jan 25 2017 werner@suse.de
- Use github source from tagged version
* Wed Jan 25 2017 werner@suse.de
- Use https://github.com/bitstreamout/showconsole as URL
* Thu Aug 11 2016 olaf@aepfle.de
- Install binaries with read permissions (bnc#990837)
* Mon Feb 22 2016 werner@suse.de
- Do not use privata glibc API (boo#967437) but implement
missing shared memory mkstemp()
- Remove patch remove-bad-symbol-use.patch
* Mon Feb 22 2016 schwab@suse.de
- remove-bad-symbol-use.patch: Remove bad use of internal glibc interface
(bnc#967437)
* Fri Feb 19 2016 werner@suse.de
- Make clear that blog is split off from sysvinit-tools
- Avoid to be tagged with GLIBC_PRIVATE
- Use libblogger.so with version, that is major and minor
* Fri Feb 19 2016 werner@suse.de
- Bug fix version: Handle chached password request gracefully
* Wed Feb 10 2016 meissner@suse.com
- add blog-rpmlintrc. The all-manual handling of systemd services
is required according to Werner.
* Thu Feb 4 2016 werner@suse.de
- Let libblogger become a shared library
* Fri Jan 22 2016 werner@suse.de
- Clean up service uits for close and umount
* Fri Jan 15 2016 werner@suse.de
- First initial package after splitting apart from sysvinit
* Now blogd can replace plymouth(9) even from initrd
* Also blogd is able to handle password requests from
from systemd API
* The blogd daemon writes out console messages even on reboot
or halt up to the file systems become unavailable.
* No locking of the console devices, no frame buffer switching.