Should be wtmp considered as successor of who(1)?

[Chris Hofstaedtler]

in relation to the discussion of 'utmp in trixie'
* https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/04/msg00011.html
It looks like, that wtmp is an well alternative to who(1). For that
the command
$> last -p now
should be able to use in the future. But the developers at upstream
of wtmpdb persist in the opinion that wtmp has nothing to do with
utmp before merging PR#36.

They are correct.

Now, I have not the guts to ask them, if they would like to implement
an own who(1) utility.

I think that would be wrong.

Chris

[Michael Stone]

in relation to the discussion of 'utmp in trixie'
* https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/04/msg00011.html
It looks like, that wtmp is an well alternative to who(1). For that
the command
$> last -p now

No. utmp and wtmp are two different interfaces, which have two
different purposes.