From: dickey@invisible-island.net   
      
   On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 03:34:36AM -0500, Thomas Dickey wrote:   
   > On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 04:12:00AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:   
   > > On 2026-02-12 16:37:28 -0500, Thomas Dickey wrote:   
   > > > I reassigned this to libutempter0, and started by a merge request in case   
   > > > the most recent developer would prefer that route:   
   > > >    
   > > > https://salsa.debian.org/cgzones/libutempter/-/merge_requests/2   
   > >    
   > > But does this make "wall" output the message to xterm?   
   >    
   > In a quick check, it does.   
   >    
   > Running xterm (on my system which is repaired), and typing "wall" gets   
   > a message in xterm.  I see the same if I have two xterms.   
      
   However, _this_ bug reports an issue with the manpage.   
      
   The manpage says   
      
   FILES   
          The actual pathnames given may differ on your system.   
      
          ...   
      
          /var/run/utmp   
               the system log file, which records user logins.   
      
          /var/log/wtmp   
               the system log file, which records user logins and logouts.   
      
   Upstream (me) doesn't need a change, but the Debian package (with the   
   proposed repair) could have a patch which removes the comment about wtmp,   
   because it's no longer useful to anyone.  The comment about utmp can stay   
   because it's a symbolic link to /run/utmp.  xterm's manpage doesn't   
   mention the "wall" command.  The wall command's manpage doesn't go into   
   any detail on how it obtains the information, but refers to logged in users.   
      
   --    
   Thomas E. Dickey    
   https://invisible-island.net   
      
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