Source: alien-arena Version: 7.71.7+dfsg-1 Usertags: pidof-without-procps Dear maintainer(s) of alien-arena,
it appears that alien-arena 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 alien-arena that use `pidof` at runtime; * via the `Build-Depends:` field of alien-arena, 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 alien-arena, 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 alien-arena uses `pidof` due to the following code snippets: ``` path: alien-arena_7.71.7+dfsg-1/Tools/LinuxScripts/check-master # check server is running echo "Checking for master server..." if `pidof $bin >/dev/null 2>&1` then echo "Master server is currently running." ``` 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
