#1136589 sos uses pidof but does not depend on procps

Package:
src:sos
Source:
src:sos
Submitter:
Gioele Barabucci
Date:
2026-05-28 19:21:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1136589#5
Date:
2026-05-13 23:32:42 UTC
From:
To:
Dear maintainer(s) of sos,

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

```
path: sos_4.10.2-1/sos/report/plugins/xen.py
    def is_running_xenstored(self):
        """ Check if xenstored is running """
        xs_pid = self.exec_cmd("pidof xenstored")['output']
        xs_pidnum = re.split('\n$', xs_pid)[0]
        return xs_pidnum.isdigit()
```

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

Regards,
#1136589#10
Date:
2026-05-28 19:19:04 UTC
From:
To:
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
sos, 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 1136589@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Arif Ali <arif-ali@ubuntu.com> (supplier of updated sos package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 16:40:04 +0000
Source: sos
Built-For-Profiles: derivative.ubuntu noudeb
Architecture: source
Version: 4.11.1-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Python Team <team+python@tracker.debian.org>
Changed-By: Arif Ali <arif-ali@ubuntu.com>
Closes: 1136589
Changes:
 sos (4.11.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Team upload.
   * d/control: Update Standards to 4.7.4
   * d/copyright: Fix lintian superfluous-file-pattern
   * d/control: Remove Uploaders
   * d/control: Add procps to Depends (Closes: #1136589)
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