Bug#652907: xterm: no UTMP/WTMP update with kfreebsd-amd64
onsdag den 21 december 2011 klockan 22:17 skrev Julien Cristau detta:
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 19:48:24 +0100, Mats Erik Andersson wrote:
>
> > In contrast, the helper "/usr/lib/utempter/utempter"
> > is functional when manually used, so the defect lies
> > burried in the manner in which Xterm makes use of
> > libutempter.
> >
> > Of course, the full mechanism is correct with linux-i386,
> > but not with my kfreebsd-amd64 system.
> >
> Do you have a patch?
Not yet, still trying to understand the failure, since the use
of libutempter only dawned on me when rebuilding Xterm locally.
However, I am amongst other things suspicious of the checking
against "/dev/" and whether "/dev/pts/5" with Linux versus
"/dev/ttyp6" with kFreeBSD could have a bearing here.
It was easier for me to grasp Xvt in my recent NMU, where
libutempter is not making a mess of things, as it obviously
is with Xterm!
Regards,
Mats E A
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