On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 02:52:36PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > If the file exists and it's not empty, it means somebody is still > trying to write to it. > > I'd like to make this proposed change in base-files after the last > program trying to write to the file stops doing so.
That will be a long time in the future. The old lastlog program is gone, so TTBOMK it's become impossible to read the file. With my util-linux+shadow maintainer hats on, I'd think it'd be better to stop creating the file ASAP. Chris

