--- systemd-208/src/shared/util.c
+++ systemd-208/src/shared/util.c	2014-01-30 12:23:20.094236656 +0000
@@ -2967,6 +2967,7 @@ int status_vprintf(const char *status, b
         struct iovec iovec[6] = {};
         int n = 0;
         static bool prev_ephemeral;
+        static int cached_on_tty = -1;
 
         assert(format);
 
@@ -2980,6 +2981,47 @@ int status_vprintf(const char *status, b
         if (fd < 0)
                 return fd;
 
+        if (_unlikely_(cached_on_tty < 0)) {
+                cached_on_tty = isatty(fd) > 0;
+                if (cached_on_tty) {
+                        const char *e = getenv("TERM");
+                        if (e && (strcmp(e, "dumb") == 0 || strcmp(e, "ibm327x") == 0))
+                                cached_on_tty = 0;
+                }
+        }
+
+        if (status && !cached_on_tty) {
+                const char *esc, *ptr;
+                esc = strchr(status, 0x1B);
+                if (esc && (ptr = strpbrk(esc, "SOFDTI*"))) {
+                        switch(*ptr) {
+                        case 'S':
+                                status = " SKIP ";
+                                break;
+                        case 'O':
+                                status = "  OK  ";
+                                break;
+                        case 'F':
+                                status = "FAILED";
+                                break;
+                        case 'D':
+                                status = "DEPEND";
+                                break;
+                        case 'T':
+                                status = " TIME ";
+                                break;
+                        case 'I':
+                                status = " INFO ";
+                                break;
+                        case '*':
+                                status = " BUSY ";
+                                break;
+                        default:
+                                break;
+                        }
+                }
+        }
+
         if (ellipse) {
                 char *e;
                 size_t emax, sl;
@@ -3002,8 +3044,12 @@ int status_vprintf(const char *status, b
                 }
         }
 
-        if (prev_ephemeral)
-                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n++], "\r" ANSI_ERASE_TO_END_OF_LINE);
+        if (prev_ephemeral) {
+                if (cached_on_tty)
+                        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n++], "\r" ANSI_ERASE_TO_END_OF_LINE);
+                else
+                        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n++], "\r");
+        }
         prev_ephemeral = ephemeral;
 
         if (status) {
@@ -3267,8 +3313,14 @@ void columns_lines_cache_reset(int signu
 bool on_tty(void) {
         static int cached_on_tty = -1;
 
-        if (_unlikely_(cached_on_tty < 0))
+        if (_unlikely_(cached_on_tty < 0)) {
                 cached_on_tty = isatty(STDOUT_FILENO) > 0;
+                if (cached_on_tty) {
+                        const char *e = getenv("TERM");
+                        if (e && (strcmp(e, "dumb") == 0 || strcmp(e, "ibm327x") == 0))
+                                cached_on_tty = 0;
+                }
+        }
 
         return cached_on_tty;
 }