Hey, I'm not sure if this is a general fix, but it fixes for me locally: --- a/login-utils/last.c (revision before change) +++ b/login-utils/last.c (revision with change) @@ process_wtmp_file(...) switch statement: - case BOOT_TIME: - strcpy(ut.ut_line, "system boot"); - quit = list(ctl, &ut, lastdown, R_REBOOT); - lastboot = ut.ut_tv.tv_sec; - down = 1; - break; + case BOOT_TIME: + strcpy(ut.ut_line, "system boot"); + /* If this boot record is older than a later boot event and no shutdown time has yet been recorded, + skip printing it so that it doesn't erroneously show "still running". */ + if (lastboot != 0 && ut.ut_tv.tv_sec < lastboot && lastdown == currentdate) + break; + quit = list(ctl, &ut, lastdown, R_REBOOT); + lastboot = ut.ut_tv.tv_sec; + down = 1; + break;
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to util-linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1563025 Title: 'last' command output is wrong Status in util-linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Xubuntu 15.10 util-linux 2.26.2-6ubuntu3 The output of 'last reboot' is wrong. It says 'reboot' is 'still running' when it shouldn't be, and then arbitrarily 'reboot' stops running, causing strange lines such as: reboot system boot 4.2.0-30-generic Tue Mar 22 21:25 - 22:59 (2+01:33) This line shows that 'reboot' was logged in from 9:25pm to 10:59pm on the same day, but the total login time was 2 days, 1 hour and 33 minutes. 'reboot' can be 'still running' multiple times simultaneously. I've attached the results of these commands: last reboot last -f /var/log/wtmp.1 reboot last last -f /var/log/wtmp.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/1563025/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
