Debian Bug report logs - #1085643
coreutils: 'who' needs to support y2038-safe utmp alternative

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Message #5 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>

Subject: systemd: breaks who from coreutils due to disabled utmp support

Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 12:59:15 +0200

Package: systemd
Version: 256.7-2
Severity: serious

Due to

  * Disable utmp support, not y2038 safe. utmp support in tmux has been
    disabled, so autopkgtest should no longer break

the "who" utility from the coreutils package no longer works
(it just returns nothing).

Until "who" supports wtmpdb, utmp support shouldn't be disabled yet.

-- Package-specific info:

-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable-debug'), (500, 'proposed-updates-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.11.2-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages systemd depends on:
ii  libacl1            2.3.2-2
ii  libapparmor1       3.1.7-1+b1
ii  libblkid1          2.40.2-9
ii  libc6              2.40-3
ii  libcap2            1:2.66-5
ii  libmount1          2.40.2-9
ii  libpam0g           1.5.3-7
ii  libseccomp2        2.5.5-1+b1
ii  libselinux1        3.7-3
ii  libssl3t64         3.3.2-1
ii  libsystemd-shared  256.7-2
ii  libsystemd0        256.7-2
ii  mount              2.40.2-9

Versions of packages systemd recommends:
ii  dbus [default-dbus-system-bus]   1.14.10-4+b1
ii  libzstd1                         1.5.6+dfsg-1
ii  linux-sysctl-defaults            4.10.1
ii  systemd-cryptsetup               256.7-2
ii  systemd-timesyncd [time-daemon]  256.7-2

Versions of packages systemd suggests:
ii  libcryptsetup12       2:2.7.5-1
ii  libgcrypt20           1.11.0-6
ii  libidn2-0             2.3.7-2
ii  liblz4-1              1.9.4-3
ii  liblzma5              5.6.2-2
pn  libtss2-rc0t64        <none>
pn  libtss2-tcti-device0  <none>
ii  polkitd               125-2
pn  systemd-boot          <none>
pn  systemd-container     <none>
pn  systemd-homed         <none>
pn  systemd-repart        <none>
pn  systemd-resolved      <none>
pn  systemd-userdbd       <none>

Versions of packages systemd is related to:
ii  dbus-user-session  1.14.10-4+b1
pn  dracut             <none>
ii  initramfs-tools    0.145
ii  libnss-systemd     256.7-2
ii  libpam-systemd     256.7-2
ii  udev               256.7-2

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Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/>
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Message #10 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Chris Hofstaedtler <[email protected]>

To: [email protected], [email protected]

Cc: [email protected]

Subject: severity of 1085643 is minor, affects 1085643

Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 14:22:29 +0200

reassign 1085643 src:coreutils
severity 1085643 important
affects 1085643 src:systemd
thanks

coreutils needs to do something, not systemd.

Message #25 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>

To: Chris Hofstaedtler <[email protected]>, [email protected]

Subject: Re: Bug#1085643: severity of 1085643 is minor, affects 1085643

Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:13:24 +0200

Version: 9.7-1

On 2024-10-21 14:22:29 +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> reassign 1085643 src:coreutils
> severity 1085643 important
> affects 1085643 src:systemd
> thanks
> 
> coreutils needs to do something, not systemd.

Now fixed in 9.7-1 (see bug 1080330). The behavior of "who" has
changed, but there are other ways to get information on the terminals
(more reliably than previous versions of "who").

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