- Package:
- src:debian-edu-config
- Source:
- src:debian-edu-config
- Submitter:
- Gioele Barabucci
- Date:
- 2026-08-21 19:15:02 UTC
- Severity:
- normal
- Tags:
Dear maintainer(s) of debian-edu-config,
it appears that debian-edu-config 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 debian-edu-config
that use `pidof` at runtime;
* via the `Build-Depends:` field of debian-edu-config, 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 debian-edu-config, 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 debian-edu-config uses `pidof` due to the following
code snippets:
```
path: debian-edu-config_2.12.904/testsuite/ldap-server
fi
if pidof slapd > /dev/null ; then
echo "success: $0: slapd is running."
else
path: debian-edu-config_2.12.904/testsuite/cups
fi
if pidof cups-browsed > /dev/null ; then
echo "success: $0: cups-browsed is running."
else
path: debian-edu-config_2.12.904/testsuite/rdp-server
fi
if pidof xrdp > /dev/null ; then
echo "success: $0: xrdp is running."
else
path: debian-edu-config_2.12.904/testsuite/rdp-server
fi
if pidof xrdp-sesman > /dev/null ; then
echo "success: $0: xrdp-sesman is running."
else
path: debian-edu-config_2.12.904/testsuite/dhcpd
fi
if pidof dhcpd > /dev/null ; then
echo "success: $0: dhcpd is running."
else
path: debian-edu-config_2.12.904/testsuite/webserver
echo "success: $0: apache is running."
else
if pidof apache2 > /dev/null ; then
echo "success: $0: apache2 is running."
else
path: debian-edu-config_2.12.904/testsuite/webserver
unset ftp_proxy || true
if pidof apache > /dev/null ; then
echo "success: $0: apache is running."
else
path: debian-edu-config_2.12.904/testsuite/automount
fi
if pidof automount > /dev/null ; then
success "automount is running."
else
path: debian-edu-config_2.12.904/testsuite/kerberos
for process in krb5kdc kadmind ; do
if pidof $process > /dev/null ; then
echo "success: $0: $process is running."
else
path: debian-edu-config_2.12.904/testsuite/webcache
fi
if pidof squid > /dev/null ; then
echo "success: $0: squid is running."
else
path: debian-edu-config_2.12.904/share/debian-edu-config/tools/kerberos-kdc-init
## check if slapd is running:
PID=`pidof slapd || /bin/true`
if [ -z "$PID" ]; then
echo "The ldap server slapd seems not to be running. Trying to start slapd." 1>&2
path: debian-edu-config_2.12.904/share/debian-edu-config/tools/kerberos-kdc-init
fi
PID=`pidof slapd || /bin/true`
if [ -z "$PID" ]; then
echo "error: the ldap server is not running. Skipping KDC setup." 1>&2
path: debian-edu-config_2.12.904/testsuite/samba
fi
if pidof smbd > /dev/null ; then
echo "success: $0: samba is running."
else
path: debian-edu-config_2.12.904/sbin/debian-edu-restart-services
;
do
if [ "$(pidof $service)" ] ; then
echo "info: '$service' still running, sending KILL."
pkill -9 $service || /bin/true
path: debian-edu-config_2.12.904/sbin/debian-edu-restart-services
;
do
if [ "$(pidof $service)" ] ; then
echo "info: '$service' still running, sending HUP."
pkill $service || /bin/true
path: debian-edu-config_2.12.904/ldap-tools/ldap-debian-edu-install
# Restart ldap server if we stopped it and it aint already running
SLAPPIDS=$(pidof slapd || /bin/true)
if [ true = "$RESTARTSLAPD" ] && [ -z "$SLAPPIDS" ] ; then
service slapd start
path: debian-edu-config_2.12.904/ldap-tools/ldap-debian-edu-install
LOOP=0
while [ $LOOP -lt 10 ] ; do
SLAPPIDS=$(pidof slapd || /bin/true)
if [ "$SLAPPIDS" ] ; then
LOOP=$(($LOOP + 1))
path: debian-edu-config_2.12.904/ldap-tools/ldap-debian-edu-install
fi
PID=`pidof slapd || /bin/true`
if [ -z "$PID" ]; then
echo "The LDAP server slapd seems not to be running. Trying to start slapd." 1>&2
path: debian-edu-config_2.12.904/ldap-tools/ldap-debian-edu-install
LOOP=0
while [ $LOOP -lt 10 ] ; do
SLAPPIDS=$(pidof slapd || /bin/true)
if [ "$SLAPPIDS" ] ; then
LOOP=$(($LOOP + 1))
path: debian-edu-config_2.12.904/ldap-tools/ldap-debian-edu-install
# Make sure slapd is really stopped
SLAPPIDS=$(pidof slapd || /bin/true)
if [ "$SLAPPIDS" ] ; then
echo -n "warning: slapd is still running, trying to TERM it"
path: debian-edu-config_2.12.904/ldap-tools/ldap-debian-edu-install
dns_stop() {
# make sure to stop DNS service, to avoid hanging installer.
PID=`pidof named || /bin/true`
if [ -n "$PID" ]; then
echo "info: stopping named with pid $PID"
path: debian-edu-config_2.12.904/share/debian-edu-config/tools/edu-icinga-setup
fi
PID=$(pidof mariadbd || /bin/true)
if [ -z "$PID" ]; then
echo "error: the MariaDB server is not running. Skipping Icinga 2 setup." 1>&2
```
Feel free to close this issue if this is a false positive (for example
if this code is in an unreachable code path).
Regards,
Hello, Bug #1136493 in debian-edu-config reported by you has been fixed in the Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit message below and you can check the diff of the fix at: https://salsa.debian.org/debian-edu/debian-edu-config/-/commit/9710a70a8552003190d8e62dde29b44cd2c47f7e ------------------------------------------------------------------------ debian/control: Add to D: (debian-edu-config): procps. (Closes: #1136493). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (this message was generated automatically) -- Greetings https://bugs.debian.org/1136493
Hello, Bug #1136493 in debian-edu-config reported by you has been fixed in the Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit message below and you can check the diff of the fix at: https://salsa.debian.org/debian-edu/debian-edu-config/-/commit/9710a70a8552003190d8e62dde29b44cd2c47f7e ------------------------------------------------------------------------ debian/control: Add to D: (debian-edu-config): procps. (Closes: #1136493). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (this message was generated automatically) -- Greetings https://bugs.debian.org/1136493
Hello, Bug #1136493 in debian-edu-config reported by you has been fixed in the Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit message below and you can check the diff of the fix at: https://salsa.debian.org/debian-edu/debian-edu-config/-/commit/9710a70a8552003190d8e62dde29b44cd2c47f7e ------------------------------------------------------------------------ debian/control: Add to D: (debian-edu-config): procps. (Closes: #1136493). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (this message was generated automatically) -- Greetings https://bugs.debian.org/1136493
Hello, Bug #1136493 in debian-edu-config reported by you has been fixed in the Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit message below and you can check the diff of the fix at: https://salsa.debian.org/debian-edu/debian-edu-config/-/commit/9710a70a8552003190d8e62dde29b44cd2c47f7e ------------------------------------------------------------------------ debian/control: Add to D: (debian-edu-config): procps. (Closes: #1136493). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (this message was generated automatically) -- Greetings https://bugs.debian.org/1136493
Hello, Bug #1136493 in debian-edu-config reported by you has been fixed in the Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit message below and you can check the diff of the fix at: https://salsa.debian.org/debian-edu/debian-edu-config/-/commit/9710a70a8552003190d8e62dde29b44cd2c47f7e ------------------------------------------------------------------------ debian/control: Add to D: (debian-edu-config): procps. (Closes: #1136493). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (this message was generated automatically) -- Greetings https://bugs.debian.org/1136493
Hello, Bug #1136493 in debian-edu-config reported by you has been fixed in the Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit message below and you can check the diff of the fix at: https://salsa.debian.org/debian-edu/debian-edu-config/-/commit/9710a70a8552003190d8e62dde29b44cd2c47f7e ------------------------------------------------------------------------ debian/control: Add to D: (debian-edu-config): procps. (Closes: #1136493). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (this message was generated automatically) -- Greetings https://bugs.debian.org/1136493
Hello, Bug #1136493 in debian-edu-config reported by you has been fixed in the Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit message below and you can check the diff of the fix at: https://salsa.debian.org/debian-edu/debian-edu-config/-/commit/9710a70a8552003190d8e62dde29b44cd2c47f7e ------------------------------------------------------------------------ debian/control: Add to D: (debian-edu-config): procps. (Closes: #1136493). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (this message was generated automatically) -- Greetings https://bugs.debian.org/1136493
Hello, Bug #1136493 in debian-edu-config reported by you has been fixed in the Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit message below and you can check the diff of the fix at: https://salsa.debian.org/debian-edu/debian-edu-config/-/commit/9710a70a8552003190d8e62dde29b44cd2c47f7e ------------------------------------------------------------------------ debian/control: Add to D: (debian-edu-config): procps. (Closes: #1136493). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (this message was generated automatically) -- Greetings https://bugs.debian.org/1136493