There's no excuse for adding new #ifdefs to the code like that. None at all.

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 39 deletions

diff --git a/util-linux/Config.in b/util-linux/Config.in
index 65d670824..501ed6bfc 100644
--- a/util-linux/Config.in
+++ b/util-linux/Config.in
@@ -17,26 +17,6 @@ config CONFIG_DMESG
           are also logged to the system console.  Enable this option if you
           wish to enable the 'dmesg' utility.
 
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_DMESG_PRETTY
-        bool "pretty dmesg output"
-        default y
-        depends on CONFIG_DMESG
-        help
-          If you wish to scrub the syslog level from the output, say 'Y' here.
-          The syslog level is a string prefixed to every line with the form "<#>".
-
-          With this option you will see:
-            # dmesg
-            Linux version 2.6.17.4 .....
-            BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
-             BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f000 (usable)
-
-          Without this option you will see:
-            # dmesg
-            <5>Linux version 2.6.17.4 .....
-            <6>BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
-            <6> BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f000 (usable)
-
 config CONFIG_FBSET
         bool "fbset"
         default n
diff --git a/util-linux/dmesg.c b/util-linux/dmesg.c
index ecfd90668..2b59ee23d 100644
--- a/util-linux/dmesg.c
+++ b/util-linux/dmesg.c
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 /* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
 /*
+ * 
  * dmesg - display/control kernel ring buffer.
  *
- * Copyright 2006 Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
- * Copyright 2006 Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
+ * Copyring 2006 Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
  *
  * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
@@ -28,24 +28,8 @@ int dmesg_main(int argc, char *argv[])
                 buf = xmalloc(len);
                 if (0 > (len = klogctl(3 + (flags & 1), buf, len)))
                         bb_perror_msg_and_die("klogctl");
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_DMESG_PRETTY
-                {
-                        char newline = '\n';
-                        int i;
-                        for (i=0; i<len; ++i) {
-                                if (newline == '\n' && buf[i] == '<')
-                                        i += 3; /* skip <#> */
-                                putchar(newline=buf[i]);
-                        }
-                        if (newline != '\n') putchar('\n');
-                }
-#else
-                write(1, buf, len);
+                write(1,buf,len);
                 if (len && buf[len-1]!='\n') putchar('\n');
-#endif
-
-                if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP) free(buf);
         }
 
         return 0;