[PATCH 3/3] login: Make user accounting database no-op

[Thorsten Kukuk]

On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 9:53 PM Adhemerval Zanella Netto
<adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org> wrote:
>
> I think to really fixing the API would require to move the utmp/utmpx handling
> out of the process, otherwise we will need quite complex solution to proper
> BZ#24492.
>
> And these issues exist for a long time, without much traction to fix on glibc.
> The unsigned trick is a rubber band, but the implementation is still clunky in
> some parts.
>
> That's why I still think best course of action is just to deprecate this API
> on glibc side and move to what Thorsten has suggested some years ago.

Any news on how to go forward with this patch?

Thanks,
Thorsten

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