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Source: weechat-scripts
Version: 20260507-1
Usertags: pidof-without-procps
Dear maintainer(s) of weechat-scripts,
it appears that weechat-scripts 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 weechat-scripts
that use `pidof` at runtime;
* via the `Build-Depends:` field of weechat-scripts, 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 weechat-scripts, 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 weechat-scripts uses `pidof` due to the following
code snippets:
```
path: weechat-scripts_20260123-1/python/i3lock_away.py
def check():
"""Check for existance of process and set away if it isn't there"""
pidof = subprocess.Popen("pidof i3lock",
shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
pidof.wait()
```
Feel free to close this issue if this is a false positive (for example
if this code is in an unreachable code path).
Regards,
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Gioele Barabucci
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--- Begin Message ---
Hi Gioele,
On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 01:33:50AM +0200, Gioele Barabucci wrote:
[...]
> Feel free to close this issue if this is a false positive (for example
> if this code is in an unreachable code path).
I don't think it's necessary to add a hard dependency for this
particular script, as the benefit seems rather limited.
I'm therefore closing this issue.
Please feel free to reopen it if you think it deserves it.
Regards,
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Emmanuel Bouthenot
kolter@{openics,debian}.org kolter@{libera,oftc}
0x4B077723929D42C3/4096R
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