Dear maintainer(s) of nfs-utils,

it appears that nfs-utils 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 nfs-utils
  that use `pidof` at runtime;
* via the `Build-Depends:` field of nfs-utils, 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 nfs-utils, 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 nfs-utils uses `pidof` due to the following
code snippets:

```
path: nfs-utils_1:2.8.6-1/debian/tests/v3-mount
grep "${hello}" /mnt/hello.txt
pidof rpc.statd > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
    echo "rpc.statd isn't running after the NVSv3 mount, and it should..."
    exit 1


path: nfs-utils_1:2.8.6-1/debian/tests/v3-mount
# stop statd if it's running, because we will check later if it
# was started automatically for the NFSv3 mount as it should
if pidof rpc.statd > /dev/null 2>&1; then
    systemctl stop rpc-statd.service > /dev/null 2>&1 || :
    pidof rpc.statd > /dev/null 2>&1 && {
```

Feel free to close this issue if this is a false positive (for example
if this code is in an unreachable code path).

Regards,

Hi,

I addressed the case for the autopkgtest adding a Depends there.

But I won't add a Depends for nfs-common binary package providing
still the init script as well. The idea is to either drop the status
there or ask people who will still use the init scripts instead of the
systemd units to please provide a patch moving away of the pidof
usage there.

Regards,
Salvatore

Hi Salvatore,

Thanks!

That's correct. The use of pidof in initscripts has been explicitly left
out of this MBF because it will be addressed separately (see for
instance https://bugs.debian.org/810018#327>).

Regards,

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
nfs-utils, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1136535@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> (supplier of updated nfs-utils package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:49:30 +0200
Source: nfs-utils
Architecture: source
Version: 1:2.9.2-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian kernel team <debian-kernel@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
Closes: 1136535
Changes:
 nfs-utils (1:2.9.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * New upstream version 2.9.2
   * d/t/control: v3-mount test: Add Depends on procps (Closes: #1136535)
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