Paul Eggert <egg...@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.