Bug#1111973: release-notes: Release notes suggest to delete /var/log/lastlog*, which seems required by opensshd

"Ralf G. R. Bergs" <[email protected]> Thu, 28 Aug 2025 07:08:29 +0200

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On 26.08.25 22:37, Richard Lewis wrote:
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> On Sun, 24 Aug 2025, 16:49 Ralf Bergs, <[email protected] 
> <mailto:Ralf%[email protected]>> wrote:
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>     section 5.1.9 of the release notes says /var/log/lastlog* can be
>     deleted, as "there is no tool to read" these files.
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>     sshd-session[333690]: lastlog_openseek: Couldn't stat
>     /var/log/lastlog: No such file or directory
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>     Or did I somehow misunderstand anything?
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> is this a bug in openssh?
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Hi Richard, are you asking me?

Personally, I don't think so, I believe it's probably "normal behavior" 
of openssh.

The problem seems to be that this was missed, and thus the release notes 
suggested there is no point in keeping the file around and to delete it...