Debian bug report logs - #1616, boring messages

Subject: Bug#1616: 'who' can't find utmp
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Package: shellutils
Version: 1.12-3

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This is an addition to a bug report #1164 stating that
   who --help
incorrectly references /etc/[w|u]tmp.
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1. The man page for 'who' also says it uses /etc/utmp by default; this
is incorrect and needs to be changed.

2. 'who' may have another problem (I say 'may' because I'm not sure
   it isn't pilot error):

   When installing inn on my system a while ago, it seemed wise to make a
   separate partition for /var.  Most things seemed to go OK.  But when I
   run 'who' now, I get the message:

   who: /var/adm/utmp: No such file or directory

   That's true.  utmp is certainly not in /var/adm.  It is in /var/run,
   which is exactly where the man pages for login and init say it ought to be.

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Suggestion:

It may be that the file defaults need to be fixed in 3 places:
a) the help message for 'who'
b) the man page for 'who'
c) the executable for 'who'

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I'm using dpkg-1.0.1-0 and kernel image 1.2.13-3

Best Regards,
Susan Kleinmann

From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
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Subject: Bug#1616: Acknowledgement (was: 'who' can't find utmp)
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Subject: Bug#1616: who' can't find utmp
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A recompile with libc-4.6.26-6 or later is all that's required - the path
to utmp is taken from /usr/include/paths.h

Austin

From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
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