Your message dated Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:30:51 +0200 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Re: Bug#1136497: dracut uses pidof but does not depend on procps has caused the Debian Bug report #1136497, regarding dracut uses pidof but does not depend on procps to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Source: dracut Version: 111-2 Usertags: pidof-without-procps Dear maintainer(s) of dracut, it appears that dracut 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 dracut that use `pidof` at runtime; * via the `Build-Depends:` field of dracut, 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 dracut, 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 dracut uses `pidof` due to the following code snippets: ``` path: dracut_110-4/test/TEST-72-NBD/server-init.sh dnsmasq echo "Serving NBD disks" while pidof nbd-server && pidof dnsmasq; do echo > /dev/watchdog sleep 1 path: dracut_110-4/modules.d/74nfs/nfs-start-rpc.sh # filesystem without talking to it. NFSv4 does locks internally, # rpc.lockd isn't needed command -v rpc.statd > /dev/null && [ -z "$(pidof rpc.statd)" ] && rpc.statd command -v rpc.idmapd > /dev/null && [ -z "$(pidof rpc.idmapd)" ] && rpc.idmapd path: dracut_110-4/modules.d/74nfs/nfs-start-rpc.sh # Start rpcbind # FIXME occasionally saw 'rpcbind: fork failed: No such device' -- why? command -v portmap > /dev/null && [ -z "$(pidof portmap)" ] && portmap if command -v rpcbind > /dev/null && [ -z "$(pidof rpcbind)" ]; then mkdir -p /run/rpcbind path: dracut_110-4/test/TEST-70-ISCSI/server-init.sh # Wait forever for the VM to die echo "Serving iSCSI" while pidof tgtd > /dev/null; do : > /dev/watchdog sleep 1 path: dracut_110-4/test/TEST-71-ISCSI-MULTI/test.sh -a "$USE_NETWORK iscsi" \ -d "iscsi_tcp crc32c ipv6 af_packet" \ -I "ip grep sleep setsid chmod modprobe pidof tgtd tgtadm" \ --install-optional "/etc/netconfig dnsmasq /etc/group /etc/nsswitch.conf /etc/rpc /etc/protocols /etc/services /usr/etc/nsswitch.conf /usr/etc/rpc /usr/etc/protocols /usr/etc/services" \ -i "./dnsmasq.conf" "/etc/dnsmasq.conf" \ path: dracut_110-4/modules.d/45net-lib/net-lib.sh local IFACES="" iface_id="" rv=1 [ -e "/tmp/net.ifaces" ] && read -r IFACES < /tmp/net.ifaces if { pidof udevd || pidof systemd-udevd; } > /dev/null; then for iface_id in $IFACES; do printf "%s\n" "$(iface_name "$iface_id")" path: dracut_110-4/test/TEST-70-ISCSI/test.sh -a "$USE_NETWORK" \ -d "iscsi_tcp crc32c ipv6" \ -I "modprobe chmod ip setsid pidof tgtd tgtadm /etc/passwd" \ --install-optional "/etc/netconfig dnsmasq /etc/group /etc/nsswitch.conf /etc/rpc /etc/protocols /etc/services /usr/etc/nsswitch.conf /usr/etc/rpc /usr/etc/protocols /usr/etc/services" \ -i "./dnsmasq.conf" "/etc/dnsmasq.conf" \ path: dracut_110-4/test/TEST-72-NBD/test.sh --add-confdir test-root \ -a "$USE_NETWORK" \ -I "ip grep sleep nbd-server chmod modprobe pidof" \ --install-optional "/etc/netconfig dnsmasq /etc/group /etc/nsswitch.conf /etc/rpc /etc/protocols /etc/services /usr/etc/nsswitch.conf /usr/etc/rpc /usr/etc/protocols /usr/etc/services" \ -i /tmp/config /etc/nbd-server/config \ path: dracut_110-4/modules.d/80base/dracut-lib.sh } # pidof version for root if ! command -v pidof > /dev/null; then pidof() { path: dracut_110-4/modules.d/80base/dracut-lib.sh # pidof version for root if ! command -v pidof > /dev/null; then pidof() { debug_off path: dracut_110-4/modules.d/80base/dracut-lib.sh # pidof version for root if ! command -v pidof > /dev/null; then pidof() { debug_off local _cmd path: dracut_110-4/test/TEST-60-NFS/server-init.sh rpc.mountd : > /dev/watchdog command -v rpc.idmapd > /dev/null && [ -z "$(pidof rpc.idmapd)" ] && rpc.idmapd : > /dev/watchdog exportfs -r path: dracut_110-4/modules.d/74nfs/nfsroot-cleanup.sh [ -z "$rpcpipefspath" ] && rpcpipefspath=var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs pid=$(pidof rpc.statd) [ -n "$pid" ] && kill "$pid" path: dracut_110-4/modules.d/74nfs/nfsroot-cleanup.sh [ -n "$pid" ] && kill "$pid" pid=$(pidof rpc.idmapd) [ -n "$pid" ] && kill "$pid" path: dracut_110-4/modules.d/74nfs/nfsroot-cleanup.sh [ -n "$pid" ] && kill "$pid" pid=$(pidof rpcbind) [ -n "$pid" ] && kill "$pid" path: dracut_110-4/test/TEST-71-ISCSI-MULTI/server-init.sh # Wait forever for the VM to die echo "Serving iSCSI" while pidof tgtd > /dev/null; do : > /dev/watchdog sleep 1 path: dracut_110-4/debian/patches/test-switch-from-isc-dhcp-server-to-dnsmasq.patch --add-drivers "nfsd sunrpc lockd" \ - -I "exportfs pidof rpc.nfsd rpc.mountd dhcpd" \ + -I "exportfs pidof rpc.nfsd rpc.mountd dnsmasq tcpdump" \ --install-optional "/etc/netconfig /etc/nsswitch.conf /etc/rpc /etc/protocols /etc/services /usr/etc/nsswitch.conf /usr/etc/rpc /usr/etc/protocols /usr/etc/services rpc.idmapd /etc/idmapd.conf" \ - -i "./dhcpd.conf" "/etc/dhcpd.conf" \ path: dracut_110-4/debian/patches/test-switch-from-isc-dhcp-server-to-dnsmasq.patch --add-confdir test-root \ -a "$USE_NETWORK" \ -I "ip grep sleep nbd-server chmod modprobe pidof" \ - --install-optional "/etc/netconfig dhcpd /etc/group /etc/nsswitch.conf /etc/rpc /etc/protocols /etc/services /usr/etc/nsswitch.conf /usr/etc/rpc /usr/etc/protocols /usr/etc/services" \ + --install-optional "/etc/netconfig dnsmasq /etc/group /etc/nsswitch.conf /etc/rpc /etc/protocols /etc/services /usr/etc/nsswitch.conf /usr/etc/rpc /usr/etc/protocols /usr/etc/services" \ path: dracut_110-4/debian/patches/test-switch-from-isc-dhcp-server-to-dnsmasq.patch +dnsmasq echo "Serving NBD disks" -while pidof nbd-server && pidof dhcpd; do +while pidof nbd-server && pidof dnsmasq; do echo > /dev/watchdog path: dracut_110-4/debian/patches/test-switch-from-isc-dhcp-server-to-dnsmasq.patch echo "Serving NBD disks" -while pidof nbd-server && pidof dhcpd; do +while pidof nbd-server && pidof dnsmasq; do echo > /dev/watchdog sleep 1 path: dracut_110-4/modules.d/70multipath/multipathd-stop.sh fi if pidof multipathd > /dev/null 2>&1; then pkill -9 multipathd > /dev/null 2>&1 fi path: dracut_110-4/modules.d/70multipath/multipathd-stop.sh pkill multipathd > /dev/null 2>&1 if pidof multipathd > /dev/null 2>&1; then sleep 0.2 fi path: dracut_110-4/modules.d/70multipath/multipathd-stop.sh #!/bin/sh command -v pidof > /dev/null || . /lib/dracut-lib.sh if [ -e /etc/multipath.conf ]; then path: dracut_110-4/test/TEST-60-NFS/test.sh -a "bash $USE_NETWORK nfs" \ --add-drivers "nfsd sunrpc lockd" \ -I "exportfs pidof rpc.nfsd rpc.mountd dnsmasq tcpdump" \ --install-optional "/etc/netconfig /etc/nsswitch.conf /etc/rpc /etc/protocols /etc/services /usr/etc/nsswitch.conf /usr/etc/rpc /usr/etc/protocols /usr/etc/services rpc.idmapd /etc/idmapd.conf" \ -f "$TESTDIR"/initramfs.root ``` 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 ---Version: 106-6 On Thu, 2026-05-14 at 01:27 +0200, Gioele Barabucci wrote: > Source: dracut > Version: 111-2 > Usertags: pidof-without-procps > > Dear maintainer(s) of dracut, > > it appears that dracut 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. I checked the dracut source code and only the uptstream tests 60 to 72 call pidof. These autopkgtests already depend on procps for the kill command. Therefore no changes are needed. -- Benjamin Drung Debian & Ubuntu Developer
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