Your message dated Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:19:54 +0100 with message-id <can1+yzxn_smszpeucknpli2s-1qs5wfpuvustvdkp7ezmzf...@mail.gmail.com> and subject line Bug #1136523 false positive has caused the Debian Bug report #1136523, regarding linuxcnc uses pidof but does not depend on procps to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Source: linuxcnc Version: 1:2.9.7-1 Usertags: pidof-without-procps Dear maintainer(s) of linuxcnc, it appears that linuxcnc 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 linuxcnc that use `pidof` at runtime; * via the `Build-Depends:` field of linuxcnc, 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 linuxcnc, 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 linuxcnc uses `pidof` due to the following code snippets: ``` path: linuxcnc_1:2.9.7-1/src/configure.ac fi AC_PATH_PROG(PIDOF, pidof, "none", $SPATH) if test $PIDOF = "none" then path: linuxcnc_1:2.9.7-1/src/configure.ac if test $PIDOF = "none" then AC_MSG_ERROR([pidof not found]) fi path: linuxcnc_1:2.9.7-1/tcl/tooledit.tcl # Note: pidof ignores defunct processes # catch required since child error returned if no other pids: catch { set tooledit_pids [eval exec pidof -x -o[pid] tooledit]} emsg # determine if axis is running with same filename path: linuxcnc_1:2.9.7-1/tcl/tooledit.tcl set tooledit_pids "" # count howmany tooledits (exclusive of this one) are running # Note: pidof ignores defunct processes # catch required since child error returned if no other pids: catch { set tooledit_pids [eval exec pidof -x -o[pid] tooledit]} emsg ``` 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 ---Linuxcnc-uspace has had a Depends: on procps for several years. https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/blob/2.9/debian/control.main-pkg.in#L32 I believe this to be a false positive as the Debian control files are generated -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912
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