Source: universal-ctags
Version: 6.2.1-1
Usertags: pidof-without-procps
Dear maintainer(s) of universal-ctags,
it appears that universal-ctags 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 universal-ctags
that use `pidof` at runtime;
* via the `Build-Depends:` field of universal-ctags, 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 universal-ctags, 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 universal-ctags uses `pidof` due to the following
code snippets:
```
path: universal-ctags_6.2.1-1/Tmain/unreadable-input.d/run.sh
. ../utils.sh
if ! type pidof > /dev/null 2>&1; then
# pidof is needed to find auditd.
skip "pidof command is not available"
path: universal-ctags_6.2.1-1/Tmain/unreadable-input.d/run.sh
fi
if ! pidof auditd > /dev/null 2>&1; then
# sudo expects auditd is running.
skip "auditd is not 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
