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"who"'s behavior doesn't follow manpage description

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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.

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