; rest of target-pld.patch logic in systemd.spec
--- a/src/basic/hostname-util.h~	2018-03-05 23:16:37.000000000 +0100
+++ b/src/basic/hostname-util.h	2018-05-15 13:46:17.924678801 +0200
@@ -42,5 +42,6 @@ int sethostname_idempotent(const char *s
 
 int shorten_overlong(const char *s, char **ret);
 
+int read_etc_hostname_distro(const char *path, char **ret);
 int read_etc_hostname_stream(FILE *f, char **ret);
 int read_etc_hostname(const char *path, char **ret);
--- systemd-240/src/basic/hostname-util.c.orig	2018-12-21 19:53:33.000000000 +0100
+++ systemd-240/src/basic/hostname-util.c	2019-01-13 11:11:40.715590524 +0100
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "alloc-util.h"
+#include "env-file.h"
 #include "fd-util.h"
 #include "fileio.h"
 #include "hostname-util.h"
@@ -290,13 +290,33 @@ int read_etc_hostname_stream(FILE *f, ch
         }
 }
 
+int read_etc_hostname_distro(const char *path, char **ret) {
+        int r;
+        char *p = NULL;
+        r = parse_env_file(NULL, "/etc/sysconfig/network", "HOSTNAME", &p);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+        if (!p) /* EOF without any hostname? the file is empty, let's treat that exactly like no file at all: ENOENT */
+                return -ENOENT;
+        hostname_cleanup(p);
+         if (!hostname_is_valid(p, true))
+                 return -EBADMSG;
+         *ret = p;
+         return 0;
+}
+
 int read_etc_hostname(const char *path, char **ret) {
         _cleanup_fclose_ FILE *f = NULL;
 
         assert(ret);
 
-        if (!path)
+        if (!path) {
+                int r;
                 path = "/etc/hostname";
+                r = read_etc_hostname_distro(path, ret);
+                if (r == 0)
+                        return r;
+        }
 
         f = fopen(path, "re");
         if (!f)
--- systemd-240/src/core/locale-setup.c.orig	2019-01-13 09:27:36.718995151 +0100
+++ systemd-240/src/core/locale-setup.c	2019-01-13 09:29:37.548993771 +0100
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
         int r;
 
         r = proc_cmdline_get_key_many(PROC_CMDLINE_STRIP_RD_PREFIX,
+                                      "LANG",                     &variables[VARIABLE_LANG],
                                       "locale.LANG",              &variables[VARIABLE_LANG],
                                       "locale.LANGUAGE",          &variables[VARIABLE_LANGUAGE],
                                       "locale.LC_CTYPE",          &variables[VARIABLE_LC_CTYPE],
@@ -59,6 +60,15 @@
                         log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to read /etc/locale.conf: %m");
         }
 
+        if (r <= 0 &&
+            (r = parse_env_file(NULL, "/etc/sysconfig/i18n",
+                                "LANG", &variables[VARIABLE_LANG]
+                                )) < 0) {
+
+                if (r != -ENOENT)
+                        log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to read /etc/sysconfig/i18n: %m");
+        }
+
         for (i = 0; i < _VARIABLE_LC_MAX; i++) {
                 char *s;
 
--- systemd-240/src/basic/time-util.c.orig	2019-01-13 09:27:36.718995151 +0100
+++ systemd-240/src/basic/time-util.c	2019-01-13 09:31:12.275659356 +0100
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "alloc-util.h"
+#include "env-file.h"
 #include "fd-util.h"
 #include "fileio.h"
 #include "fs-util.h"
@@ -1385,8 +1385,16 @@
                 return r; /* returns EINVAL if not a symlink */
 
         e = PATH_STARTSWITH_SET(t, "/usr/share/zoneinfo/", "../usr/share/zoneinfo/");
-        if (!e)
-                return -EINVAL;
+        if (!e) {
+                r = parse_env_file(NULL, "/etc/sysconfig/timezone"
+                        "TIMEZONE", &e
+                        );
+                if (r < 0) {
+                        if (r != -ENOENT)
+                                log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to read /etc/sysconfig/timezone: %m");
+                        return -EINVAL;
+                }
+	}
 
         if (!timezone_is_valid(e, LOG_DEBUG))
                 return -EINVAL;
--- systemd-240.orig/src/vconsole/vconsole-setup.c	2013-08-13 22:02:47.000000000 +0200
+++ systemd-240/src/vconsole/vconsole-setup.c	2014-01-09 15:17:49.000000000 +0100
@@ -284,6 +284,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         if (r < 0 && r != -ENOENT)
                 log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to read /etc/vconsole.conf: %m");
 
+        if (r < 0) {
+                int r1 = parse_env_file(NULL, "/etc/sysconfig/console"
+                                "CONSOLEFONT", &vc_font,
+                                "CONSOLEMAP", &vc_font_map,
+                                "CONSOLESCREENFONTMAP", &vc_font_unimap,
+                                "KEYTABLE", &vc_keymap
+                                );
+                if (r1 < 0 && r1 != -ENOENT)
+                        log_warning_errno(r1, "Failed to read /etc/sysconfig/console: %m");
+        } 
+
         /* Let the kernel command line override /etc/vconsole.conf */
         if (detect_container(NULL) <= 0) {
                 r = parse_env_file(NULL, "/proc/cmdline", WHITESPACE,