Control: retitle -1 acct: cron job needs wtmpdb last and points it to wtmp file
On Thu, Jun 05, 2025 at 10:23:37PM +0100, Andrew Bower wrote: > On Sun, Jun 01, 2025 at 12:12:42PM +0000, internet2poi...@aim.com wrote: > > acct currently does not have any relationship with the new wtmpdb package, > > though, so the cronjob as shipped will never work and will send an error > > message every month. > > > > acct should have a Depends or at least a Recommends for wtmpdb or the > > cronjob > > should be removed, IMO. > > A number of people have suggested this (pulling in wtmpdb) but that > wouldn't help. Removing the cron job would, although I don't think that > is necessary as we can fix it. Either way some documentation is required > as to the limitations of this package. My apologies to everyone: the original bug report does indeed relate to relying on wtmpdb last without having it present, whereas I was focussed on the subsequent issue if you do have wtmpdb installed of it still being used incorrectly.
