The bad news is that even utmpdump is dumped from the next release. In mitigation, there will be fewer things writing to the utmp-formatted logs and lastb would probably be more or less useless for that reason now, but that still leaves no solution for interrogating old logs.
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/2.40.2-14ubuntu1 ... util-linux (2.40.2-12) unstable; urgency=medium * Stop building utmpdump, should not be necessary on wtmpdb systems * Stop marking mkfds-socketpair test as failing * Skip tmpfs-sensitive tests if fstype cannot be determined * Amend NEWS entry to hint updating /root/.profile (Closes: #1088009) -- Chris Hofstaedtler <z...@debian.org> Fri, 06 Dec 2024 13:35:11 +0100 ... -- 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/2084854 Title: last and lastb missing in 24.10 Status in util-linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The last and lastb commands have disappeared from util-linux at 24.10! This is odd, as the binaries from 24.04 actually run on 24.10, so the data is clearly still being collected and in the same format. Ubuntu: 24.10 (Oracular Oriole). Package: util-linux Version: 2.40.2-1ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/2084854/+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
