Your message dated Thu, 14 May 2026 11:49:32 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1136537: fixed in ngircd 27-3
has caused the Debian Bug report #1136537,
regarding ngircd uses pidof but does not depend on procps
to be marked as done.
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1136537: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1136537
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Source: ngircd
Version: 27-2
Usertags: pidof-without-procps
Dear maintainer(s) of ngircd,
it appears that ngircd 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 ngircd
that use `pidof` at runtime;
* via the `Build-Depends:` field of ngircd, 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 ngircd, 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 ngircd uses `pidof` due to the following
code snippets:
```
path: ngircd_27-2/src/testsuite/getpid.sh
# pidof(1) could be a good alternative on elder Linux systems
if [ -x /bin/pidof ]; then
exec /bin/pidof -s "$1"
fi
```
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
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: ngircd
Source-Version: 27-3
Done: Christoph Biedl <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
ngircd, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Christoph Biedl <[email protected]> (supplier of updated ngircd
package)
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Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 11:35:24 +0200
Source: ngircd
Architecture: source
Version: 27-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Christoph Biedl <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Christoph Biedl <[email protected]>
Closes: 1136537
Changes:
ngircd (27-3) unstable; urgency=medium
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* Use pgrep in the autopkgtest. Closes: #1136537
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