Your message dated Thu, 14 May 2026 19:19:47 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1136530: fixed in memcached 1.6.41-2
has caused the Debian Bug report #1136530,
regarding memcached uses pidof but does not depend on procps
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Source: memcached
Version: 1.6.41-1
Usertags: pidof-without-procps
Dear maintainer(s) of memcached,
it appears that memcached 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 memcached
that use `pidof` at runtime;
* via the `Build-Depends:` field of memcached, 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 memcached, 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 memcached uses `pidof` due to the following
code snippets:
```
path: memcached_1.6.40-1/debian/tests/daemon
sleep 5
if pidof -x $DAEMON > /dev/null; then
echo "OK"
else
```
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: memcached
Source-Version: 1.6.41-2
Done: Chris Lamb <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
memcached, 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.
Chris Lamb <[email protected]> (supplier of updated memcached package)
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Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 11:10:08 -0700
Source: memcached
Built-For-Profiles: nocheck
Architecture: source
Version: 1.6.41-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Chris Lamb <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Chris Lamb <[email protected]>
Closes: 1136530
Changes:
memcached (1.6.41-2) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Add procps to the autopkgtest dependencies as pidof is being moved out
of the (Priority: Essential) package sysvinit-tools. (Closes: #1136530)
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