Hi Andreas, One thing before we move to the procps pid, it doesn't match all processes the pidof one does [1]. I have fixed it upstream but probably worth waiting for that to appear otherwise things like kde and sshd sessions "disappear".
- Craig 1: https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/issues/4 On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 3:15 AM Andreas Henriksson <andr...@fatal.se> wrote: > Hello Craig Small. > > Here's a small status update which might be relevant to consider > for this bug report regarding procps-base / pidof. > > The policy-related service management tools moved into into > init-system-helpers yesterdays uploads of sysvinit[1] and > init-system-helpers[2]. This means service is no longer part of > sysvinit-utils and pidof is the only remaining widely used *binary* in > that package. > > I also noticed there's a non-binary which also needs to > be considered if sysvinit-utils is to be made non-essential: > -> /lib/init/init-d-script > This script is sourced from 10 packages according to > codesearch.debian.net and random samplings says atleast some of them are > unconditional. Introducing dependencies is still doable in my view. > > Regards, > Andreas Henriksson > > [1]: https://tracker.debian.org/news/741657 > [2]: https://tracker.debian.org/news/741508 > -- Craig Small (@smallsees) http://enc.com.au/ csmall at : enc.com.au Debian GNU/Linux http://www.debian.org/ csmall at : debian.org GPG fingerprint: 5D2F B320 B825 D939 04D2 0519 3938 F96B DF50 FEA5
