GNU bug report logs - #73928
"who" should support wtmpdb

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>

Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:17:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 76346, 76347

Done: Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha <at> debian.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 73928 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha <at> debian.org>
To: 1080330 <at> bugs.debian.org
Cc: 73928 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: Bug#1080330: coreutils: who no longer works
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 18:55:54 +0100

Control: retitle -1 coreutils: "who" needs to ask seat manager

On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 05:24:11PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Control: retitle -1 coreutils: "who" should support wtmpdb (y2038)

This is mistaken. wtmpdb is a history database. who(1) wants current
sessions, and they are being tracked by logind.

w(1) has a working implementation.

Chris
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