Bug#1042767: xterm: wrong path to utmp file in manpage
On Fri, Aug 04, 2023 at 05:36:12PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2023-07-31 20:13 -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 05:56:59PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > >> Package: xterm > >> Version: 384-1 > >> Severity: minor > >> > >> The path to the utmp(5) file in the xterm manpage is wrong: > >> > >> , > >> | $ man xterm | grep -A1 /utmp > >> |/etc/utmp > >> | the system log file, which records user logins. > >> ` > >> > >> That should read /var/run/utmp rather than /etc/utmp. The minstall > >> script tries to detect the path to the utmp file and substitute the > >> correct value, but in the build chroot /var/run/utmp has apparently been > >> absent, as no-one has ever logged in there. > > > > yes... /etc/utmp appears to be the convention on AIX and HPUX. > > I could put that last, (along with /var/adm), since those are > > systems where people actually log in -- odd, but perhaps the > > default should be the system where the file is least likely to > > exist :-) > > That would make sense if the autodetection worked on the other systems, > but in a world where distributors build packages in chroots and > containers this is generally not the case. > > I checked the xterm manpage in the packages for Arch Linux, Fedora > Rawhide, Mageia Cauldron and Opensuse Tumbleweed. All but the last of > these do not only mention /etc/utmp but also /etc/wtmp in the FILES > section, and I am pretty sure those two files do not exist. > > Since autodetection for the paths to the utmp and wtmp files does not > work reliably, maybe new configure options could help packagers? that'd be the most reliable way (for Linux - I'm think of "auto" as the default). -- Thomas E. Dickey https://invisible-island.net signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#1042767: xterm: wrong path to utmp file in manpage
On 2023-07-31 20:13 -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote: > On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 05:56:59PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: >> Package: xterm >> Version: 384-1 >> Severity: minor >> >> The path to the utmp(5) file in the xterm manpage is wrong: >> >> , >> | $ man xterm | grep -A1 /utmp >> |/etc/utmp >> | the system log file, which records user logins. >> ` >> >> That should read /var/run/utmp rather than /etc/utmp. The minstall >> script tries to detect the path to the utmp file and substitute the >> correct value, but in the build chroot /var/run/utmp has apparently been >> absent, as no-one has ever logged in there. > > yes... /etc/utmp appears to be the convention on AIX and HPUX. > I could put that last, (along with /var/adm), since those are > systems where people actually log in -- odd, but perhaps the > default should be the system where the file is least likely to > exist :-) That would make sense if the autodetection worked on the other systems, but in a world where distributors build packages in chroots and containers this is generally not the case. I checked the xterm manpage in the packages for Arch Linux, Fedora Rawhide, Mageia Cauldron and Opensuse Tumbleweed. All but the last of these do not only mention /etc/utmp but also /etc/wtmp in the FILES section, and I am pretty sure those two files do not exist. Since autodetection for the paths to the utmp and wtmp files does not work reliably, maybe new configure options could help packagers? Cheers, Sven
Bug#1042767: xterm: wrong path to utmp file in manpage
On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 05:56:59PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > Package: xterm > Version: 384-1 > Severity: minor > > The path to the utmp(5) file in the xterm manpage is wrong: > > , > | $ man xterm | grep -A1 /utmp > |/etc/utmp > | the system log file, which records user logins. > ` > > That should read /var/run/utmp rather than /etc/utmp. The minstall > script tries to detect the path to the utmp file and substitute the > correct value, but in the build chroot /var/run/utmp has apparently been > absent, as no-one has ever logged in there. yes... /etc/utmp appears to be the convention on AIX and HPUX. I could put that last, (along with /var/adm), since those are systems where people actually log in -- odd, but perhaps the default should be the system where the file is least likely to exist :-) -- Thomas E. Dickey https://invisible-island.net signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#1042767: xterm: wrong path to utmp file in manpage
Package: xterm Version: 384-1 Severity: minor The path to the utmp(5) file in the xterm manpage is wrong: , | $ man xterm | grep -A1 /utmp |/etc/utmp | the system log file, which records user logins. ` That should read /var/run/utmp rather than /etc/utmp. The minstall script tries to detect the path to the utmp file and substitute the correct value, but in the build chroot /var/run/utmp has apparently been absent, as no-one has ever logged in there.
