On Wed, Feb 04, 2026 at 11:41:04AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2026-02-04 10:53:32 +0100, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 04, 2026 at 04:43:25AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > On 2026-02-03 20:32:56 -0500, Thomas Dickey wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 12:19:04AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > > > Package: xterm > > > > > Version: 406-1 > > > > > Severity: normal > > > > > > > > perhaps wishlist. > > > > > > No, as since the removal of utmp, this is now a required feature, as > > > said by Chris Hofstaedtler. > > > > I object to this statement. I filed bugs in the past so each piece > > of software can evaluate if it needs/wants changes. If a change is > > wanted/warranted/useful at all is in the hands of the software > > authors. > > > > I'd expect that the ecosystem aligns on something that each software > > of a given class (f.e. "X terminal emulators") should do, but I > > really did not say "all X terminal emulators MUST integrate with > > wtmpdb". > > Here the context is not wtmpdb, but the "wall" utility. > You said: > > Make sure your sessions are listed in `loginctl` output (with a > TTY). If they are not, make sure you have libpam-systemd installed > and systemd-logind is running. > > Since the sessions are *not* listed in `loginctl` output, this > means that the terminal is not doing the correct things.
This is your assessment of things. It is still unknown if xterm needs any changes or not. I'll defer to the xterm author for this. Chris
