tag 550256 patch thanks. I've attached a (small) patch that solve this problem (and use the timeout from coreutil). Testing (for two days) this at home seem to lead to no problem.
If you want I could NMU the package
diff -u podracer-1.4/debian/changelog podracer-1.4/debian/changelog --- podracer-1.4/debian/changelog +++ podracer-1.4/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +podracer (1.4-1.0.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * depend on recent coreutils and not on timeout + + -- Rémi Vanicat <vani...@debian.org> Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:40:56 +0200 + podracer (1.4-1) unstable; urgency=low * New upstream release (closes: #355007) diff -u podracer-1.4/debian/control podracer-1.4/debian/control --- podracer-1.4/debian/control +++ podracer-1.4/debian/control @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Package: podracer Architecture: all -Depends: bittorrent, python, timeout, curl, screen +Depends: bittorrent, python, coreutils (>= 7.5-6), curl, screen Description: podcast aggregator/downloader Podracer is a podcast aggregator that gets enclosures from your list of podcast subscriptions and stores them in the location you