As there is an important but in acct 6.5.4-1, perhaps it would be best to wait for 6.5.4-2 (waiting for sponsorship in Debian), or additionally re-patch configure to set the correct ACCT_FILE paths.
As there is an important but in acct 6.5.4-1, perhaps it would be best to wait for 6.5.4-2 (waiting for sponsorship in Debian), or additionally re-patch configure to set the correct ACCT_FILE paths.