FS#48947 - Xfce4-terminal does not update utmp

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by nasosnik (nasosnik) - Thursday, 14 April 2016, 15:11 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Thursday, 14 April 2016, 18:47 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
Xfce4-terminal does not update utmp, resulting to not displaying pseudo-terminal (pty) user sessions using various commands e.g. w, who, users etc.
This issue seems to be Arch-related because the same xfce4-terminal version at Debian testing works as intended.
In addition, xterm reports pty sessions correctly on the same Arch system.
It is very likely that this issue is related to vte and not xfce4-terminal as standalone software.


Additional info:
* package version: 0.6.3-2


Steps to reproduce:
Issue w, who, users on a xfce4-terminal. Only tty sessions will be reported.
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Thursday, 14 April 2016, 18:47 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  This has been deprecated for years and finally removed from vte over 6 months ago. It's by design.
The fact that debian still registers terminal windows in utmp is because they're running old software.

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