On 2026-03-13 10:59:11 -0300, Adhemerval Zanella Netto wrote: > From the glibc standpoint my plan is just to make the accounting database > function no-op [1] (I hopefully to get this in the next 2.44 release). > > And I think Thorsten Kukuk already adapted most of the usages in current > distros [2][3] using similar strategy, along with a better systemd > integration. I am not sure if/when distros are incorporating his work. > > [1] https://patchwork.sourceware.org/project/glibc/list/?series=37271 > [2] https://www.thkukuk.de/blog/Y2038_glibc_lastlog_64bit/ > [3] https://www.thkukuk.de/blog/Y2038_glibc_utmp_64bit/
FYI, utmp has been reintroduced in Debian for libutempter (and thus applications that use this library), because systemd was not working or at least not sufficiently documented: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1125682 -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Pascaline project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
