Package: wtmpdb
Version: 0.72.0-1
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
here an `last -x` example output
```
$> wtmpdb last -x -n20
root pts/0 Sat Apr 5 05:09 - still logged in
dirk tty7 :0 Sat Apr 5 05:05 - still logged in
lightdm tty7 :0 Sat Apr 5 05:04 - 05:05 (00:00)
reboot system boot 6.12.20-amd64 Sat Apr 5 05:04 - still running
root pts/4 Sat Apr 5 04:16 - 04:16 (00:00)
[...]
lightdm tty7 :0 Sat Apr 5 01:27 - 01:27 (00:00)
reboot system boot 6.12.20-amd64 Sat Apr 5 01:27 - 05:01 (03:33)
shutdown system down 6.12.20-amd64 Sat Apr 5 05:01 - 05:04 (00:03)
root pts/0 Sat Apr 5 01:26 - 01:26 (00:00)
wtmpdb begins Sat Apr 5 01:26:34 2025
```
Here are 3 issues:
1. Whishlist: For the first column it should be renamed
shutdown -> [shutdown] or <shutdown>
reboot -> [reboot] or <reboot>
to make clear that these are builtin tokens, and not real
usernames.
2. The [shutdown] in the example above was from
[shutdown] 05:01 - 05:04, followed by a
[reboot] at 05:04 - still running
but this [shutdown] was ordered before
[reboot] at 01:27 - 05:01
which make less sense. The output of example above should look like
root pts/0 Sat Apr 5 05:09 - still logged in
dirk tty7 :0 Sat Apr 5 05:05 - still logged in
lightdm tty7 :0 Sat Apr 5 05:04 - 05:05 (00:00)
reboot system boot 6.12.20-amd64 Sat Apr 5 05:04 - still running
shutdown system down 6.12.20-amd64 Sat Apr 5 05:01 - 05:04 (00:03)
root pts/4 Sat Apr 5 04:16 - 04:16 (00:00)
[...]
lightdm tty7 :0 Sat Apr 5 01:27 - 01:27 (00:00)
reboot system boot 6.12.20-amd64 Sat Apr 5 01:27 - 05:01 (03:33)
new> <older shutdown> Sat Apr 5 01:26 - 01:27 (00:00)
root pts/0 Sat Apr 5 01:26 - 01:26 (00:00)
3. With respect to bug #1102101 (subtract 1h)
* https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1102101
the following command should output at least one [shutdown] line
$> last -x -s '2025-04-05 03:00:00'
root pts/0 Sat Apr 5 05:09 - still logged in
dirk tty7 :0 Sat Apr 5 05:05 - still logged in
lightdm tty7 :0 Sat Apr 5 05:04 - 05:05 (00:00)
reboot system boot 6.12.20-amd64 Sat Apr 5 05:04 - still running
root pts/4 Sat Apr 5 04:16 - 04:16 (00:00)
wtmpdb begins Fri Apr 4 19:01:21 2025
the `[shutdown] 05:01 - 05:04 (00:03)` is missing.
Greets,
Dirk =)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.12.20-amd64 (SMP w/20 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL
set to en_US.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 wtmpdb depends on:
ii init-system-helpers 1.68
ii libaudit1 1:4.0.2-2+b2
ii libc6 2.41-6
ii libsystemd0 257.4-3
ii libwtmpdb0 0.72.0-1
Versions of packages wtmpdb recommends:
ii libpam-wtmpdb 0.72.0-1
wtmpdb suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
