Y2038, glibc and utmp/utmpx on 64bit architectures

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What are file systems using? What are tar/cpio/dump/rsync files using? What is kerberos using?

Not sure if “just use systemd” is a solution for everybody.

Hopefully someone can make a stand-alone daemon that emulates the API. Probably not that hard.

It will likely appear inside elogind.

That was my thought, but if they don't I'd be willing.