Bug#891698: cause removed, but not closing it myself
On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 01:42:03AM +0100, Adam Borowski wrote: > I wrote: > > The daemon's init script has the following line: > > apm_available || exit 0 > > which makes it always silently fail, as apm_available contains: > > > # APM support was removed from kernel 2.6.40 in 2011. > > exit 1 > > > The comment is untrue: > > ./config/i386/config:CONFIG_APM=m > > but regardless whether APM still works or not, the daemon will not. > > I've changed apm_available to actually check /proc/apm again, which on the > face value fixes this bug. However: the daemon was completely unusable for > 4 years, yet no one said a thing. Thus, I'll leave it to you to actually > close the bug (or do nothing and let the package get autoremoved from > Buster). > > Also, laptops have a much shorter lifespan than desktops or servers: the > chances of a 20 years battery to still work are about nil, other components > are also more fragile and harder to replace. Thus, if any such laptops are > still alive, they probably are stationary, thus without much use for APM. > > Having APM in the kernel is still useful (needed for poweroff), but, with no > one noticing the daemon broken, you might consider sending it off to a nice > pasture. You know your package far better than me... I've filed a removal bug now. Cheers, Moritz
Bug#891698: cause removed, but not closing it myself
I wrote: > The daemon's init script has the following line: > apm_available || exit 0 > which makes it always silently fail, as apm_available contains: > # APM support was removed from kernel 2.6.40 in 2011. > exit 1 > The comment is untrue: > ./config/i386/config:CONFIG_APM=m > but regardless whether APM still works or not, the daemon will not. I've changed apm_available to actually check /proc/apm again, which on the face value fixes this bug. However: the daemon was completely unusable for 4 years, yet no one said a thing. Thus, I'll leave it to you to actually close the bug (or do nothing and let the package get autoremoved from Buster). Also, laptops have a much shorter lifespan than desktops or servers: the chances of a 20 years battery to still work are about nil, other components are also more fragile and harder to replace. Thus, if any such laptops are still alive, they probably are stationary, thus without much use for APM. Having APM in the kernel is still useful (needed for poweroff), but, with no one noticing the daemon broken, you might consider sending it off to a nice pasture. You know your package far better than me... Meow! -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ A dumb species has no way to open a tuna can. ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ A smart species invents a can opener. ⠈⠳⣄ A master species delegates.
