Your message dated Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:34:33 +0000
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and subject line Bug#663911: fixed in watchdog 5.12-1
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regarding watchdog: missing important informations in package description
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663911: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=663911
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Package: watchdog
Version: 5.9-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Important informations are missing in the long package description; the short
description is (or can be) misleading
too. This package/program can either be used as a software watchdog and/or can
be used to "pet" a hardware watchdog. It
isn't just a software watchdog (can be used otherwise -> bad short description)
and the functionality to pet hardware
watchdogs should be mentioned (at least) in the long description.
The new package description in 5.10-1 and later is still unsatisfactory in my
opinion.
It *really* should be mentioned that this package also provides an
opportunity to "pet" hardware watchdogs.
Here is my suggestion:
short description:
##################
System health checker that also trigger kernel watchdogs and may pet a
hardware watchdog if available
##################
long description:
#################
The watchdog program writes to /dev/watchdog every ten seconds. If the
device is opened but not written to within a minute, the machine will
reboot. This feature is available when the kernel is built with
'software watchdog' support (standard in Debian kernels) or if the
machine is equipped with a hardware watchdog. If a hardware watchdog is
available, this package can also be used to "pet" it.
The ability to reboot will depend on the state of the machine and
interrupts if the kernel software watchdog is used.
The watchdog tool itself runs several health checks and acts accordingly
if the system is not in a good shape.
#################
Best regards,
Martin Teufel
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.4
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-geode
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages watchdog depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.36.1 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.11.3-3 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii lsb-base 3.2-23.2squeeze1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii udev 164-3 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
watchdog recommends no packages.
watchdog suggests no packages.
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/watchdog.conf changed [not included]
-- debconf information excluded
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: watchdog
Source-Version: 5.12-1
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
watchdog, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
watchdog_5.12-1.diff.gz
to main/w/watchdog/watchdog_5.12-1.diff.gz
watchdog_5.12-1.dsc
to main/w/watchdog/watchdog_5.12-1.dsc
watchdog_5.12-1_amd64.deb
to main/w/watchdog/watchdog_5.12-1_amd64.deb
watchdog_5.12.orig.tar.gz
to main/w/watchdog/watchdog_5.12.orig.tar.gz
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Michael Meskes <[email protected]> (supplier of updated watchdog package)
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Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:08:10 +0200
Source: watchdog
Binary: watchdog
Architecture: source amd64
Version: 5.12-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Michael Meskes <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Michael Meskes <[email protected]>
Description:
watchdog - system health checker and software/hardware watchdog handler
Closes: 663911 664624
Changes:
watchdog (5.12-1) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Fixed copyright notice. (Closes: #664624)
* Updated package description. (Closes: #663911)
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