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Bug#1072236: xfce4-terminal: use wtmpdb to write wtmp entries



Hi,

On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 12:07:38PM +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> > Per the discussion on debian-devel, Debian will switch to wtmpdb for
> > Y2038-safe wtmp recording. If your package writes wtmp entries,
> > please switch to libpam-wtmpdb or libwtmpdb.
> 
> xfce4-terminal uses libutempter[0] for utmp/wtmp management so I'd say
> support should come from there.

Yes/maybe. I'm not an expert and have no real opinion on what should
write an entry, but I think the ideas seem to converge on "terminal
emulators should probably not write a wtmp entry".

Feel free to close this.

Chris


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