pinky: support on OpenBSD
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U - pinky
- Dominant language
- Rust
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- Forks
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Description
Following PR#5620
pinky tool is not supported on OpenBSD, due to the lack of support for utmpx (see https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/5596).
=> implement pinky on OpenBSD with an alternate solution without using utmpx.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing PR#5620 and issue #5596 to understand pinky's current utmpx-based implementation and the OpenBSD limitation. Trace the pinky command entry point and identify an OpenBSD-compatible alternative; done means pinky builds and functions correctly on OpenBSD without utmpx.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100