I guess you meant last -w
?
Yes it is last -w
now. Basically it should now be fixed, user can create the spy file even if his username is longer than 8 characters. There should be no issue like before
PS: the changes are not reflected on the GitLab, the Pacman hook script is the old one pacnew-check.sh · main · Packages / extra / manjaro-pacnew-checker · GitLab
//EDIT: and, even if it works, the touch executable path is not starting with a leading /