--- mingetty-1.01/mingetty.c.orig	2003-03-10 14:32:06 +0300
+++ mingetty-1.01/mingetty.c	2003-03-10 14:44:47 +0300
@@ -303,6 +303,29 @@ static void output_special_char (unsigne
 				printf (" user%s", users == 1 ? "" : "s");
 			break;
 		}
+	case 'R':
+		{
+			FILE *fp = fopen ("/etc/altlinux-release", "r");
+			if (fp)
+			{
+				char rel[1024];
+				if (fgets(rel, sizeof rel, fp))
+				{
+					unsigned len;
+					for (len = strlen (rel); len > 0; --len)
+					{
+						if (rel[len-1] == '\n' || rel[len-1] == '\r')
+							rel[len-1] = '\0';
+						else
+							break;
+					}
+					if (len > 0)
+						printf ("%s", rel);
+				}
+				fclose (fp);
+			}
+			break;
+		}
 	default:
 		putchar (c);
 	}