Bug 191869 - tmux(1) refuses to start via service(8)

[dteske at FreeBSD.org]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allan Jude [mailto:allanjude at freebsd.org]
> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 1:50 PM
> To: dteske at FreeBSD.org; freebsd-rc at freebsd.org
> Cc: 'Michael Dexter'
> Subject: Re: Bug 191869 - tmux(1) refuses to start via service(8)
> 
> On 2014-07-14 16:43, dteske at FreeBSD.org wrote:
> > Hi -rc,
> >
> > I'd like to get a review on a proposed patch to service(8).
> >
> > I've filed BUG #191869:
> > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=191869
> >
> > Proposed commit/message below:
> >
> > Fix an issue with service(8) where utilities such as screen(1) and
> > tmux(1) would behave differently when utilizing rc-script was invoked
> manually vs.
> > service(8). The issue being that these utilities require the TERM
> > environ variable to be set and service(8) was not passing it down.
> >
> > Reported by:	Michael Dexter <editor at callfortesting.org>
> > Reviewed by:	<your name here>
> > MFC after:	3 days
> > X-MFC-to:	stable/10, stable/9
> > --This line, and those below, will be ignored--
> >
> > M    service/service.sh
> >
> > <see attached patch.txt>
> >
> 
> This fix works for me. Solves the problem with my rc script that starts
> puppetdb in screen so I can reattach to the console in the future.
> 
> I don't think it should cause any problem with the regular scripts as they
> startup, since TERM will be set to a reasonable default (cons25)
> 

Thanks Allan,

If no objections by late tonight, I'll make the commit.
-- 
Cheers,
Devin