GNU bug report logs - #76876
logname output is often wrong when linked with glibc

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Nicolas Boos <nicolas.boos <at> wanadoo.fr>

Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2025 23:08:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 76876 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
To: Nicolas Boos <nicolas.boos <at> wanadoo.fr>, bug-gnulib <at> gnu.org,
 Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 76876 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#76876: logname output is often wrong when linked with glibc
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2025 12:08:38 +0100

I wrote:
> With this, coreutils should be fine, since it already imports the 'getlogin'
> module from gnulib.

Verified by comparing coreutils-9.5 with coreutils-HEAD on Alpine Linux 3.20:

With coreutils-9.5:

$ logname
bruno
$ su -
Password:
# logname
root

Now:

$ logname
bruno
$ su -
Password:
# logname
bruno

Paul, Pádraig: How about adding a coreutils/NEWS entry for this bug fix?

Bruno
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