XFCE terminal + utempter

[Guido Falsi]

On 20/04/21 09:44, Guido Falsi via freebsd-xfce wrote:
> On 20/04/21 04:56, Daniel O'Connor via freebsd-xfce wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I had to recompile xfce4-terminal for a client because they weren't 
>> getting UPS notifications (via wall) - I had to add '--with-utempter' 
>> to 'CONFIGURE_ARGS'.
[...]
>>
>> This system is a bit old but it seems the current port does not have 
>> that flag either (although I am not sure if perhaps it would be auto 
>> detected in the latest ports).
>>
>> If it isn't picked up, can the flag be added to the port? With that 
>> done it because a user configuration item (defaults to off though it 
>> seems).
[...]
> 
> Please notice I am not an expert on utmp/wtmp/utmpx and such so I'm not 
> sure of the implications right away, I need research to get a clear 
> understanding.

For some context:

https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13710

After reading this I'm less worried about enabling the feature.


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Guido Falsi <mad at madpilot.net>