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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From: Michael Stone <mstone <at> debian.org>
To: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>, 1080330 <at> bugs.debian.org
Cc: 73928 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha <at> debian.org>
Subject: bug#73928: Bug#1080330: coreutils: who no longer works
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 19:00:53 -0500

On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 12:28:03AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
>No data for xterm. Other terminals are affected too, such as
>GNOME Terminal.

Yes, much of the data from the old utmp is simply not there. A sane 
transition would deprecate utmp in one release while adding a 
replacement, then remove in the next--not just drop it and hope other 
people figure out how to cobble together a solution.
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