maverick: utmp/last is logging every xterm

[C de-Avillez]

On 01/27/2011 04:16 PM, Adam Funk wrote:

> 
> OK, that makes sense.  Looking through the changelog [1], I get the
> impression that utmp logging was supposed to be included in lucid but
> couldn't be because libutempter was in universe; but in maverick that
> library is in main so the feature could be put in xterm.  Of course, I
> could have the wrong end of the stick.

No, you are correct -- since libutempter was in Universe, xterm
could not depend on it to write utmp entries (unless xterm itself
was demoted from main) -- so it was built without the interface.

> I guess it's personal taste, but I'm not sure why anyone would want
> every xterm to be recorded as a log-in.

Consider the case where xterm is actually run "remotely" -- this, by
itself, could be a good reason to write an entry on utmp.

But, basically, we should not rely anymore on utmp giving us
up-to-date, correct, information.

Cheers,

..C..

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