Bug#1105954: openssh-server: OpenSSH produces error on logout because utmp is no longer used

Package: openssh-server
Version: 1:10.0p1-5
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

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   * What led up to the situation? 
   New/upgraded installation of Debian trixie produce an error on logging out
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
     Noticed the new log message in auth.log, if the file /var/run/utmp
     exists and has the correct permissions this error goes away
   * What was the outcome of this action?
   The error "sshd-session[1324]: syslogin_perform_logout: logout()
   returned an error" in the auth.log
   * What outcome did you expect instead?
   No error

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-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.12.27-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages openssh-server depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]       1.5.91
ii  init-system-helpers         1.68
ii  libaudit1                   1:4.0.2-2+b2
ii  libc6                       2.41-7
ii  libcom-err2                 1.47.2-1+b1
ii  libcrypt1                   1:4.4.38-1
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2            1.21.3-5
ii  libkrb5-3                   1.21.3-5
ii  libpam-modules              1.7.0-3
ii  libpam-runtime              1.7.0-3
ii  libpam0g                    1.7.0-3
ii  libselinux1                 3.8.1-1
ii  libssl3t64                  3.5.0-1
ii  libwrap0                    7.6.q-36
ii  libwtmpdb0                  0.73.0-3
ii  openssh-client              1:10.0p1-5
ii  openssh-sftp-server         1:10.0p1-5
ii  procps                      2:4.0.4-8
ii  runit-helper                2.16.4
ii  systemd [systemd-sysusers]  257.5-2
ii  sysvinit-utils [lsb-base]   3.14-4
ii  ucf                         3.0051
ii  zlib1g                      1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.1-1+b1

Versions of packages openssh-server recommends:
ii  libpam-systemd [logind]  257.5-2
ii  ncurses-term             6.5+20250216-2
ii  xauth                    1:1.1.2-1.1

Versions of packages openssh-server suggests:
pn  molly-guard   <none>
pn  monkeysphere  <none>
pn  ssh-askpass   <none>
pn  ufw           <none>

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