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+#!/sbin/openrc-run
+# Copyright 2020-2022 Laurent Bercot for Alpine Linux
+# Distributed under the terms of the ISC License.
+#
+description="clearing and initialization of the utmp database"
+
+depend() {
+	need utmp-prepare utmpd wtmpd
+	before networking
+	after clock
+}
+
+start() {
+	# Create an empty utmp file
+	checkpath -F -f -m 0644 -o utmp:utmp /run/utmps/utmp
+
+	# Write the initial records as sysvinit/busybox init would do.
+	# 20018 = 256 * 'N' + '2'. Don't ask.
+	utmps-write -t 2000 -uw -l reboot -p 0 -h "$(uname -r)" -- '~~' BOOT_TIME '~'
+	utmps-write -t 2000 -uw -l runlevel -p 20018 -h "$(uname -r)" -- '~~' RUN_LVL '~'
+}