utmp in trixie

[Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org>]

/run/utmp is no longer provided in trixie, which means that the 
mechanisms used to show active sessions in unix for several decades no 
longer work. There's a replacement mechanism provided by systemd, but 
it's not 1:1. I propose that for trixie *both* mechanisms are active, so 
a person can choose between them (and compare the output, to better 
identify gaps between the historic utmp mechanism and the new and 
improved systemd facility). I've been told that the reason this can't be 
done is that utmp isn't y2038 compliant, but it seems to me that we 
won't be supporting trixie in y2038, so who cares? Are there any factors 
to consider that I've missed?

Mike Stone