Your message dated Mon, 18 May 2026 10:51:24 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Bug#1136435: Removed package(s) from unstable has caused the Debian Bug report #1136561, regarding preload uses pidof but does not depend on procps to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Source: preload Version: 0.6.4-5+b2 Usertags: pidof-without-procps Dear maintainer(s) of preload, it appears that preload uses `pidof` in its testsuite, or that at least one of its binary packages uses `pidof` at runtime. Historically, `pidof` was provided by the Essential package `sysvinit-tools`, making an explicit dependency unnecessary. However `pidof` will soon be moved to `procps` and will no longer be part of the Essential set. Please add an explicit dependency on `procps`: * via the `Depends:` field of all binary packages of preload that use `pidof` at runtime; * via the `Build-Depends:` field of preload, if `pidof` is used in tests run at build-time; * via the `Depends:` field of `debian/control/tests`, if `pidof` is used in autopkgtests. To prevent any disruption for users of preload, please add this dependency now, before `pidof` is moved from `sysvinit-utils` to `procps`. Alternatively, you could remove all uses of `pidof`. It is believed that preload uses `pidof` due to the following code snippets: ``` path: preload_0.6.4-5/debian/patches/logrotate_619384 postrotate - /bin/kill -HUP `/sbin/pidof preload 2>/dev/null` 2> /dev/null || true + /bin/kill -HUP `/bin/pidof preload 2>/dev/null` 2> /dev/null || true endscript } path: preload_0.6.4-5/debian/patches/logrotate_619384 compress postrotate - /bin/kill -HUP `/sbin/pidof preload 2>/dev/null` 2> /dev/null || true + /bin/kill -HUP `/bin/pidof preload 2>/dev/null` 2> /dev/null || true endscript path: preload_0.6.4-5/preload.logrotate.in compress postrotate /bin/kill -HUP `/bin/pidof preload 2>/dev/null` 2> /dev/null || true endscript } ``` Feel free to close this issue if this is a false positive (for example if this code is in an unreachable code path). Regards, -- Gioele Barabucci
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--- Begin Message ---Version: 0.6.4-5+rm Dear submitter, as the package preload has just been removed from the Debian archive unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry that we couldn't deal with your issue properly. For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1136435 The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal can still be found using https://snapshot.debian.org/. Please note that the changes have been done on the master archive and will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the earliest. This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [email protected]. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Thorsten Alteholz (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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