fix login()/logout() on FreeBSD

diff --git a/src/wall-notify.c b/src/wall-notify.c
index 13e7829926f04708708e084d1dd147e895f864ff..dd37e897a03ccea27adb731e0466fea59b232f6f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/wall-notify.c
+++ b/src/wall-notify.c
@@ -143,7 +143,16 @@ static int set_utmpx(short type, int ptm) {
 #endif
 static int login(int ptm) {
 #if defined(USE_UTEMPTER)
-    return utempter_add_record(ptm, NULL);
+    int result = utempter_add_record(ptm, NULL);
+    /* Exit value of utempter_*() is not correct on all systems, e.g.
+     * FreeBSD() always returns 0. Checking the utmpx database manually is
+     * difficult because we don't know the exact values for ut_id and ut_line,
+     * therefore we only check the return value on systems known to return a
+     * useful value. */
+# ifndef __linux
+    result = 1;
+# endif
+    return result;
 #elif defined(USE_UTMPX)
     return set_utmpx(USER_PROCESS, ptm);
 #else
@@ -152,7 +161,12 @@ static int login(int ptm) {
 }
 static int logout(int ptm) {
 #if defined(USE_UTEMPTER)
-    return utempter_remove_record(ptm);
+    int result = utempter_remove_record(ptm);
+    /* See above. */
+# ifndef __linux
+    result = 1;
+# endif
+    return result;
 #elif defined(USE_UTMPX)
     return set_utmpx(DEAD_PROCESS, ptm);
 #else