Package: wtmpdb Version: 0.12.0-3 Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: invernom...@paranoici.org
Hello Chris, thanks for maintaining this package, which ships command 'last' (as a symlink). I installed it on a number of amd64 Debian boxes, without any major issue. Then I installed it on the i386 Debian box described below: # aptitude install wtmpdb [...] # exit Right after having installed it, I have again logged in (through ssh) and: $ last $USER ssh $REMOTE_IP Thu Jan 1 02:11 - still logged in reboot system boot 6.9.9-686 Thu Jan 1 02:11 - still running /var/lib/wtmpdb/wtmp.db begins Thu Jan 1 02:11:34 1970 Dates and times seem to be completely wrong, but the system clock is OK: $ date -R Sat, 20 Jul 2024 16:52:00 +0200 What is funny (or maybe not?!?) is that it seems that it reads all timestamp as a fixed value. If I log out and then back in, I get: $ last $USER ssh $REMOTE_IP Thu Jan 1 02:11 - still logged in $USER ssh $REMOTE_IP Thu Jan 1 02:11 - 02:11 (00:00) reboot system boot 6.9.9-686 Thu Jan 1 02:11 - still running /var/lib/wtmpdb/wtmp.db begins Thu Jan 1 02:11:34 1970 In other words, wtmpdb seems to think that everything happens "compressed" in a single instant at 02:11:34 of January, the 1st, 1970, as in some weird sci-fi story! ;-) Other tools seem to be well aware that we are not living in that weird sci-fi universe: $ who $USER pts/0 2024-07-20 17:09 ($REMOTE_IP) There must be some bug related with the time_t reading, maybe related to the fact that i386 has been [excluded] from the 64-bit time_t transition, thus remaining with the 32-bit time_t... [excluded]: <https://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals/64bit-time#Decision> Please fix this bug and/or forward the bug report upstream, as appropriate. Thanks for your time (or for your time_t !!!). P.S.: I would like to see this bug fixed before Thu Jan 1 02:11:34 1970 ;-p -- System Information: Debian Release: trixie/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (800, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i586) Kernel: Linux 6.9.9-686 (SMP w/1 CPU thread; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages wtmpdb depends on: ii libaudit1 1:3.1.2-4+b1 ii libc6 2.38-14 ii libsystemd0 256.2-1 ii libwtmpdb0 0.12.0-3 Versions of packages wtmpdb recommends: ii libpam-wtmpdb 0.12.0-3 wtmpdb suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
