Source: codec2 Version: 1.2.0-4+b1 Usertags: pidof-without-procps Dear maintainer(s) of codec2,
it appears that codec2 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 codec2 that use `pidof` at runtime; * via the `Build-Depends:` field of codec2, 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 codec2, 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 codec2 uses `pidof` due to the following code snippets: ``` path: codec2_1.2.0-4/stm32/unittest/scripts/kill_run_stm32_tst } kill $(list_descendants $(pidof -x run_stm32_tst)) ``` 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
