- Package:
- src:openconnect
- Source:
- src:openconnect
- Submitter:
- Gioele Barabucci
- Date:
- 2026-07-29 18:07:01 UTC
- Severity:
- normal
Dear maintainer(s) of openconnect, it appears that openconnect 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 openconnect that use `pidof` at runtime; * via the `Build-Depends:` field of openconnect, 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 openconnect, 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 openconnect uses `pidof` due to the following code snippets: ``` path: openconnect_9.12-3.3/trojans/csd-post.sh Process) if pidof "$VALUE" &> /dev/null; then EXISTS=true else ``` 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 #1136543 in openconnect 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/openconnect/-/commit/429c9b8caa5ee85710d6cf3e338e0335a83eef61 (this message was generated automatically) -- Greetings https://bugs.debian.org/1136543
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
openconnect, 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 1136543@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Gianfranco Costamagna <locutusofborg@debian.org> (supplier of updated openconnect package)
(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Format: 1.8
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:49:51 +0200
Source: openconnect
Built-For-Profiles: noudeb
Architecture: source
Version: 9.21-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Mike Miller <mtmiller@debian.org>
Changed-By: Gianfranco Costamagna <locutusofborg@debian.org>
Closes: 1136543
Changes:
openconnect (9.21-2) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Runtime-depend on pidof, used in some
internal scripts (Closes: #1136543)
* Add back testsuite and dependencies on control file
* Drop R^3: no, default now
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