GNU bug report logs - #24731
"who"'s behavior doesn't follow manpage description

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: "L. A. Walsh" <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>

Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 20:08:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Merged with 24551

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

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From: "L. A. Walsh" <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: "who"'s behavior doesn't follow manpage description
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 12:55:50 -0700

L. A. Walsh wrote:
coreutils-8.23 x64
who manpage says:

  If  FILE is not specified, use /var/run/utmp.  /var/log/wtmp as FILE is
  common.  If ARG1 ARG2 given, -m presumed: 'am i'  or  'mom  likes'  are
  usual.

  Behavior is:

access("/var/run/utmpx", F_OK)          = -1 ENOENT (No such file or 
directory)
open("/var/run/utmp", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or 
directory)
access("/var/run/utmpx", F_OK)          = -1 ENOENT (No such file or 
directory)
open("/var/run/utmp", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or 
directory)
close(1)                                = 0
close(2)                                = 0
exit_group(0)                           = ?
+++ exited with 0 +++

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Can "who" be fixed to check the paths as documented in the manpage?
How they are listed in the manpage works on my system.
bug closed, send any further explanations to 24731 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and "L. A. Walsh" <coreutils <at> tlinx.org> Request was from Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 30 Oct 2018 09:13:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Merged 24551 24731. Request was from Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 30 Oct 2018 09:13:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 27 Nov 2018 12:24:07 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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