Devuan bug report logs - #900
procps: w does not query elogind for sessions

Package: procps; Maintainer for procps is Devuan Dev <devuan-dev@lists.dyne.org>; Source for procps is src:procps.

Reported by: Andrew Bower <andrew@bower.uk>

Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 22:50:01 UTC

Severity: grave

Found in version 2:4.0.4-8devuan1

Fixed in version 2.41-5devuan2

Done: dak@devuan.org

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Andrew,

Thanks for this. You have been folowwing this area more closely than me. 

I believe the original impetus to remove libsystemd linkage from procps 
was to reduce libsystemd infiltration into 'core' utilities. 

Devuan systems without elogind are viable (I use sway/seatd as my daily 
driver) so just adding elogind support to procps isn't a universal 
solution.

Do you have a suggestion or idea as to a way forward?

Mark

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Devuan bug report logs - #900 procps: w does not query elogind for sessions

Devuan bug report logs - #900
procps: w does not query elogind for sessions