Bug#1111973: release-notes: Release notes suggest to delete /var/log/lastlog*, which seems required by opensshd

[Richard Lewis <richard.lewis.debian@googlemail.com>]

On Sun, 24 Aug 2025, 16:49 Ralf Bergs, <Ralf+Debian@bergs.biz> wrote:

section 5.1.9 of the release notes says /var/log/lastlog* can be
deleted, as "there is no tool to read" these files.


sshd-session[333690]: lastlog_openseek: Couldn't stat
/var/log/lastlog: No such file or directory

Or did I somehow misunderstand anything?

is this a bug in openssh?