Re: Advice needed: updating whowatch 1.4 → 1.8.6 on FreeBSD (wtmp/utmpx issues)

On 07/01/2026 19:50, Jishan Alam wrote:
>>>>      Does it make sense to patch whowatch to use utmpx/utx on FreeBSD, even
>>>>      if this results in a significant, one-time overhaul of the codebase?
>>
>> If you can do that, I'd like to try it out.
> 
> I may explore this experimentally in a personal repository to assess
> feasibility. This would be exploratory only and without any commitment
> or timeline. If it leads to something usable, I’ll follow up on the
> list.

I don't know it this is of any help (I am not the C dev), but I just 
found this patch for version 1.4 for utmpx

https://github.com/pld-linux/whowatch/blob/master/whowatch-utmpx.patch

Kind regards
Miroslav Lachman