System V /etc/wtmp strangeness

[John F. Haugh II]

I've noticed that my S5R2 system stores the device name in two
different styles in the ut_line field of the utmp structure.

If the entry is for a user, the basename part of the tty name
is stored, for example, tty32.  However, for non-user processes,
such as gettys and logins, the absolute pathname is stored,
for example, /dev/tty32.

Is this normal?  Mail your responses, if there is enough
interest, I'll summarize.
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