The following patch has been part of Slackware since June 2007. I checked svn and do not
see the same patch being applied. Here is the text from the Slackware change log:
kde/kdelibs-3.5.7-i486-2.tgz: Patched to call utempter in the proper location and with
the right arguments. Thanks to Ken Milmore for the patch.
I hope this helps.
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diff -Naur kdelibs-3.5.7.orig/kdecore/kpty.cpp kdelibs-3.5.7/kdecore/kpty.cpp
--- kdelibs-3.5.7.orig/kdecore/kpty.cpp 2006-05-22 19:14:21.000000000 +0100
+++ kdelibs-3.5.7/kdecore/kpty.cpp 2007-06-10 14:08:18.000000000 +0100
@@ -401,7 +401,9 @@
#ifdef HAVE_UTEMPTER
KProcess_Utmp utmp;
utmp.cmdFd = d->masterFd;
- utmp << "/usr/sbin/utempter" << "-a" <<
d->ttyName << "";
+ utmp << "/usr/lib/utempter/utempter" << "add";
+ if (remotehost)
+ utmp << remotehost;
utmp.start(KProcess::Block);
Q_UNUSED(user);
Q_UNUSED(remotehost);
@@ -444,7 +446,7 @@
#ifdef HAVE_UTEMPTER
KProcess_Utmp utmp;
utmp.cmdFd = d->masterFd;
- utmp << "/usr/sbin/utempter" << "-d" <<
d->ttyName;
+ utmp << "/usr/lib/utempter/utempter" << "del";
utmp.start(KProcess::Block);
#elif defined(USE_LOGIN)
const char *str_ptr = d->ttyName.data();
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