[Pkg-freeradius-maintainers] Bug#1094356: freeradius-utils radlast and wtmpdb last incompatible

[John Chittum]

On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM Andrew Bower <andrew at bower.uk> wrote:

> Control: block -1 by 1086559
>
> Hi John,
>
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 08:28:02AM -0500, John Chittum wrote:
> >    the old `last` was removed from util-linux for not being 2038
> compliant.
> >    `glibc` has made the `utmp` seconds uint, so it's safe for additional
> >    time. `wtmpdb` has not implemented a method for reading the old file,
> nor
> >    migrating data. see GH issue
> >    https://github.com/thkukuk/wtmpdb/issues/14
>
> As you note, the wtmpdb upstream hasn't prioritised providing an importer
> for
> utmp-formatted wtmp logs, doesn't expect to, and even if they did, I don't
> know
> if it would be in a form convenient for the purposes of this test.
>
> One option could be to restore the tools in an optional package
> specifically
> for reading legacy files rather than live system administration - e.g. my
> merge request on src:sysvinit[1], although I note you have a simpler
> solution
> in mind for freeradius!
>

freeradius upstream has pushed a change to make building and including
`radlast` as optional

https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/freeradius-server/releases/tag/release_3_2_7

relevant commit:

https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/freeradius-server/commit/fece06e2f4984a1f4c227ba9ef3edf4a8ad5e2ee

if Debian wishes to move to 3.2.7 before freeze, we could remove the
`wtpmdb` dependency.
If you believe `radlast` is important, package splitting makes sense, but
we'll also need a `last` command
provided, and I'm unsure what to suggest as a replacement.




>
> [1] https://salsa.debian.org/debian/sysvinit/-/merge_requests/14
>


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