Hi Andrew, On Thu, 2025-06-05 at 08:16 +0100, Andrew Bower wrote: > Hi Team, > > I have prepared a drive-by contribution at > https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-security-team/acct/-/merge_requests/6 to > fix RC bug https://bugs.debian.org/1074591 raised against acct. > > If this fix is acceptable to the team I am willing to prepare an unblock > request for the package, explaining that the documentation changes are > an integral part of the fix to ensure that users understand the > package's limitations and whether it is suitable for their use case. Thanks for your MR and your offer! > > The login analysis for a running system is no longer effective in acct > on trixie May be I am wrong, but wouldn't it be effective with wtmpdb and libpam- wtmpdb installed? If the answer is yes it seems reasonable to me to have acct depend on wtmpdb and libpam-wtmpdb. It would also allow for a simplified change to the documentation. If the functionality changed at least a 'Suggests' should be added to d/control, IMHO. Does this make sense to you, Andrew? > > but the process accounting capability still works and the > tools in this package still have utility in analysing files mounted from > other systems, which I assume to be the use case of the Kali derivative. > Therefore I suggest it is worth rescuing acct from last minute removal > from testing. > > Either way, thanks for your attention, As I am not familiar with acct at all I would like to see an additional comment on this proposal from a team member more competent in this regard. > > Andrew Cheers, Sven -- GPG Fingerprint 3DF5 E8AA 43FC 9FDF D086 F195 ADF5 0EDA F8AD D585
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