Re: Android NDK r26 and utmpx

[Po Lu]

Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> writes:

> Thanks for reporting that. Would something like the attached Gnulib
> patch fix the Android issue?
>
> This patch assumes that readutmp-like functions have never worked on
> Android (always report nothing); is that the case?

That is true, but the problem affects the boot-time module rather than
readutmp, which Emacs doesn't import.  And in the words of Bruno, a
functional utmp(x) might appear in Android someday, which binaries
compiled today should take advantage of wherever available.

Thanks.