Source: xdg-utils
Version: 1.2.1-2
Usertags: pidof-without-procps
Dear maintainer(s) of xdg-utils,
it appears that xdg-utils 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 xdg-utils
that use `pidof` at runtime;
* via the `Build-Depends:` field of xdg-utils, 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 xdg-utils, 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 xdg-utils uses `pidof` due to the following
code snippets:
```
path: xdg-utils_1.2.1-2/tests/include/desktop_environment
xfce_version=`xfce4-session --version | grep '(Xfce ' | cut -d '(' -f 2
| cut -d ' ' -f2 | cut -d ')' -f1`
# From massonnet on FreeNode/#xfce
#if [ `pidof xfce4-session` ]; then
if [ "$GDMSESSION" = 'xfce4' ] ; then
running="xfce $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
