Bug#356852: mpt-status: Should not depend on 'daemon' package
[Ryszard Lach] mpt-status is a cmdline program, using it does not require 'daemon', it could be used e.g. by a custom nagios plugin, so I suggest changing Depends: daemon to Suggests: daemon. The daemon program is used by the included init.d scripts, so a strong dependency is appropriate. Sure, it can be used in other settings as well, but as the monitoring script is included and enabled by default mpt-status need the dependency I suggest lowering the severity if this but to wishlist and tagging it wontfix, or just closing it as invalid. Friendly, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#356852: mpt-status: Should not depend on 'daemon' package
On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 11:37:56AM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: [Ryszard Lach] The daemon program is used by the included init.d scripts, so a strong dependency is appropriate. Sure, it can be used in other settings as well, but as the monitoring script is included and enabled by default mpt-status need the dependency And what about init.d/mpt-status fragment: [...] # Gracefully exit if the package has been removed. test -x /usr/sbin/mpt-status || exit 0 [...] I suppose it is not a problem to add test -x /usr/bin/daemon || exit 0 or just a variable RUN_DAEMON to /etc/defaults/mpt-status I suggest lowering the severity if this but to wishlist and tagging it wontfix, or just closing it as invalid. Why? Description of package is The mpt-status software is a query tool to access the running configuration and status of LSI SCSI HBAs.. It is to access and not to monitor status of the controller, so in my opinion the dependency strongly restricts usability of this package and thus it should remain at least 'normal' bug. Regards, Richard. -- First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win. - Mohandas Gandhi. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#356852: mpt-status: Should not depend on 'daemon' package
[Ryszard Lach] On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 11:37:56AM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: [Ryszard Lach] The daemon program is used by the included init.d scripts, so a strong dependency is appropriate. Sure, it can be used in other settings as well, but as the monitoring script is included and enabled by default mpt-status need the dependency And what about init.d/mpt-status fragment: [...] # Gracefully exit if the package has been removed. test -x /usr/sbin/mpt-status || exit 0 [...] It is there to handle package removal, when the package isn't purged yet, so the init.d script is still left behind. I suppose it is not a problem to add test -x /usr/bin/daemon || exit 0 That would not be according to best practice in Debian. or just a variable RUN_DAEMON to /etc/defaults/mpt-status This on the other hand might be a good idea. Or just not run the monitor if the mail address is . Why? Because I do not consider this a bug. :) so in my opinion the dependency strongly restricts usability of this package and thus it should remain at least 'normal' bug. Why does the dependency on daemon restrict the usability of this package? What is your experienced problem with daemon? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#356852: mpt-status: Should not depend on 'daemon' package
On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 02:34:02PM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: Why? Because I do not consider this a bug. :) so in my opinion the dependency strongly restricts usability of this package and thus it should remain at least 'normal' bug. Why does the dependency on daemon restrict the usability of this package? What is your experienced problem with daemon? You're right. I've noticed a problem with 'daemon mpt-status' zombies, but since I'm not able to make too much possibly unsafe tests on this machine (and I have no other machine with LSI card) I didn't want to mail a bug request against daemon and I was silently hoping to use mpt-status with nagios instead. Finally, I agree to classify this bug as 'wishlist item'. Regards, R. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#356852: mpt-status: Should not depend on 'daemon' package
Package: mpt-status Version: 1.1.4+1.1.5-1 Severity: normal Hi. mpt-status is a cmdline program, using it does not require 'daemon', it could be used e.g. by a custom nagios plugin, so I suggest changing Depends: daemon to Suggests: daemon. Regards, R. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15.3-reiser4 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL (charmap=ISO-8859-2) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
