Your message dated Wed, 20 May 2026 17:49:46 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1136597: fixed in tightvnc 1:1.3.10-11
has caused the Debian Bug report #1136597,
regarding tightvnc uses pidof but does not depend on procps
to be marked as done.
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Source: tightvnc
Version: 1:1.3.10-10
Usertags: pidof-without-procps
Dear maintainer(s) of tightvnc,
it appears that tightvnc 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 tightvnc
that use `pidof` at runtime;
* via the `Build-Depends:` field of tightvnc, 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 tightvnc, 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 tightvnc uses `pidof` due to the following
code snippets:
```
path: tightvnc_1:1.3.10-10/Xvnc/lib/font/fc/Makefile
transport.o: transport.c
if ! $(CC) -c $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -Wno-error=format-security
$(XTRANS_INCS) $(DEFS) $(XTRANS_DEFS) -o $@ $< ; then kill -s TERM `pidof make`
; fi
transport.c: ../../xtrans/transport.c
path: tightvnc_1:1.3.10-10/debian/tests/test-vnc-connection.d/stop-vnc-client
set -e
kill `pidof vncviewer`
sleep 2
path: tightvnc_1:1.3.10-10/debian/patches/install-makefile-build-system.patch
+
+transport.o: transport.c
+ if ! $(CC) -c $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -Wno-error=format-security
$(XTRANS_INCS) $(DEFS) $(XTRANS_DEFS) -o $@ $< ; then kill -s TERM `pidof make`
; fi
+
+transport.c: ../../xtrans/transport.c
```
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: tightvnc
Source-Version: 1:1.3.10-11
Done: Sven Geuer <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
tightvnc, 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.
Sven Geuer <[email protected]> (supplier of updated tightvnc package)
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Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 19:32:49 +0200
Source: tightvnc
Architecture: source
Version: 1:1.3.10-11
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Remote Maintainers <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Sven Geuer <[email protected]>
Closes: 1136597
Changes:
tightvnc (1:1.3.10-11) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Remove use of 'pidof' (Closes: #1136597).
- d/p/install-makefile-build-system.patch: Drop old debug code.
- d/t/*: Remove use of 'pidof', introduce 'pkill' instead.
* d/watch: Update it to version 5 format.
* d/control:
- Drop 'Rules-Requires-Root: no'.
- Drop 'Priority: optional'.
- Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.4.
* d/copyright: Bump packaging copyright years.
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