On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 04:23:04PM +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote: > On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 02:52:36PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > > If the file exists and it's not empty, it means somebody is still > > trying to write to it. > > > > I'd like to make this proposed change in base-files after the last > > program trying to write to the file stops doing so. > > That will be a long time in the future. > > The old lastlog program is gone, so TTBOMK it's become impossible to > read the file. With my util-linux+shadow maintainer hats on, I'd > think it'd be better to stop creating the file ASAP.
BTW, all of this is also true for btmp and wtmp. Chris
