Looks like libvte9 package is internally using an incorrect path for
gnome-pty-helper. libvte-2.90-9 package of the same library is using the
correct path. gnome-terminal updates utmp successfully because it is
using the latter library.
libvte9 tries to run /usr/lib/vte/gnome-pty-helper but instal
Some additional details about this bug:
I run "strace -o trace.out -f xfce4-terminal" and found the following:
6828 execve("/usr/lib/vte/gnome-pty-helper", ["gnome-pty-helper"], [/*
54 vars */]) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
On my system "locate gnome-pty-helper" tells me the followin
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xfce4-terminal fails to record utmp/login entries
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