Changeset 7546d8b for chapter07/createfiles.xml

Timestamp:

11/21/2023 12:45:26 AM (11 months ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

xry111/clfs-ng

Children:

e49e2ea

Parents:

2df066c9 (diff), 01247ac (diff)
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Message:

Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/trunk' into xry111/clfs-ng

File:

• chapter07/createfiles.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter07/createfiles.xml

@@ -216 +216 @@
   the bad login attempts.</para>
 
-  <note><para>The <filename>/run/utmp</filename> file records the users that
-  are currently logged in.  This file is created dynamically in the boot
-  scripts.</para></note>
+  <!-- systemd no longer creates this -->
+  <note revision='sysv'><para>The <filename>/run/utmp</filename> file
+  records the users that are currently logged in.  This file is created
+  dynamically in the boot scripts.</para></note>
+
+  <!-- AFAIK they are not vital for system function, users requiring such
+       info should rely on systemd-logind or elogind or some custom PAM
+       module.  Maybe we can stop to create them at all.  -->
+  <note>
+    <para>
+      The <phrase revision='sysv'><filename>utmp</filename>,
+      </phrase><filename>wtmp</filename>, <filename>btmp</filename>, and
+      <filename>lastlog</filename> files use 32-bit integers for timestamps
+      and they'll be fundamentally broken after year 2038.  Many packages
+      have stopped using them and other packages are going to stop using
+      them.  It is probably best to consider them deprecated.
+    </para>
+  </note>
 
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