401389 – x11-libs/vte no longer updates utmp/wtmp (since using “--disable-gnome-pty-helper”)

Bug 401389 - x11-libs/vte no longer updates utmp/wtmp (since using “--disable-gnome-pty-helper”)

Summary: x11-libs/vte no longer updates utmp/wtmp (since using “--disable-gnome-pty-he...

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] GNOME (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Low normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team

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Reported:	2012-01-29 18:57 UTC by زياد بن عبدالعزيز الباتلي
Modified:	2014-11-03 17:11 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Diff against x11-libs/vte-0.28.2-r206 (vte-ebuild.diff.patch,845 bytes, patch) 2014-11-03 17:07 UTC, Olof Kindgren	Details \| Diff
Allow building gnome-pty-helper externally (vte-0.28.2-enable-external-pty-helper.patch,339 bytes, patch) 2014-11-03 17:08 UTC, Olof Kindgren	Details \| Diff
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Description زياد بن عبدالعزيز الباتلي 2012-01-29 18:57:32 UTC

As the subject says: Since disabling internal “gnome-pty-helper” and depending on “x11-libs/gnome-pty-helper”, x11-terms/terminal no longer updates utmp/wtmp records (only “real” shell entries displayed when issuing “who” or “w” commands within it).  (And the same problem seems to exists in x11-terms/gnome-terminal from what I see in the forums: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-884434.html)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge x11-terms/terminal
2. Start /usr/bin/Terminal
3. Issue either “w” and/or “who” commands.
Actual Results:  
List only session in “real” terminals, but not those inside an emulated terminal application.

Expected Results:  
List all terminal session, both from “real” terminals (i.e. CLI/no X) AND virtual ones (those inside XFCE’s Terminal and GNOME’s terminal and probably other terminal emulators).

I was about to set Severity to “Minor”, except there’s no work around that I found.  Sorry!

Thank you for your hard work.

Comment 1 Alexandre Rostovtsev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-01-30 17:27:48 UTC

You are right, configuring vte with --disable-gnome-pty-helper prevents vte from using /usr/libexec/gnome-pty-helper even when it is already installed by another package (x11-libs/gnome-pty-helper). Fixed, thanks for reporting.

>*vte-0.30.1-r3 (30 Jan 2012)
>*vte-0.28.2-r301 (30 Jan 2012)
>*vte-0.28.2-r203 (30 Jan 2012)
>
>  30 Jan 2012; Alexandre Rostovtsev <tetromino@gentoo.org>
>  +vte-0.28.2-r203.ebuild, +vte-0.28.2-r301.ebuild, +vte-0.30.1-r3.ebuild:
>  Ensure that vte properly uses gnome-pty-helper (bug #401389, thanks to
>  زياد بن عبدالعزيز الباتلي for reporting).

Comment 2 Olof Kindgren 2014-11-03 17:07:17 UTC

Created attachment 388452 [details, diff]
Diff against x11-libs/vte-0.28.2-r206

Comment 3 Olof Kindgren 2014-11-03 17:08:23 UTC

Created attachment 388454 [details, diff]
Allow building gnome-pty-helper externally

Comment 4 Olof Kindgren 2014-11-03 17:11:06 UTC

Not sure if you're interested in reopening this old bug, but I have attached what I believe is a more proper fix for this bug. Instead of building gnome-pty-helper and removing the output files, this defines VTE_USE_GNOME_PTY_HELPER even if gnome-pty-helper is built as another package.

This has been tested against vte-0.28.2-r206, but the same principle will probably work for the other versions as well. Feel free to use it if you think it's a good idea, or leave the bug closed otherwise