Your message dated Sat, 11 May 2013 10:05:52 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Bug#707655: Removed package(s) from unstable has caused the Debian Bug report #626247, regarding klogd: dd call in init script runs forever to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: klogd Version: 1.5-6.1 Severity: normal Hi, in the init script of klogd a dd command is implemented: # shovel /proc/kmsg to pipe readable by klogd user start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $kmsgpidfile --exec /bin/dd -b -m -- bs=1 if=/proc/kmsg of=$kmsgpipe That command runs forever: sid:~# ps ax|grep dd 2 ? S 0:00 [kthreadd] 2468 ? S 0:00 /bin/dd bs=1 if=/proc/kmsg of=/var/run/klogd/kmsg probably b/c /proc/kmsg is empty: sid:~# ls -l /proc/kmsg -r-------- 1 root root 0 May 10 10:11 /proc/kmsg even after a fresh reboot. If you think this is a bug in coreutils, feel free to reassign. H. -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_GB.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages klogd depends on: ii adduser 3.112+nmu2 add and remove users and groups ii libc6 2.13-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii lsb-base 3.2-27 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip ii sysklogd [system-log-daemon] 1.5-6.1 System Logging Daemon klogd recommends no packages. klogd suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---Version: 1.5-6.2+rm Dear submitter, as the package sysklogd has just been removed from the Debian archive unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry that we couldn't deal with your issue properly. For details on the removal, please see http://bugs.debian.org/707655 The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal can still be found using http://snapshot.debian.org/. This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [email protected]. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Ansgar Burchardt (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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