Package: procps
Version: 2:4.0.4-9+b1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Hi!

The procps package currently Recommends linux-sysctl-defaults on all
systems, which means it is getting pulled by default on installation.
But this is not helpful, or is simply getting unused on non-Linux
systems. The attached patch restricts the Recommends to only Linux
based systems.

Thanks,
Guillem
From 21ef4c66bc36092339f220de09a7707f51d7c390 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guillem Jover <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 03:02:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Only add linux-sysctl-defaults to Recommends on Linux systems

On non-Linux systems this is not helpful, and currently it is getting
pulled by default.
---
 debian/control | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 909ba99a..6fad0c94 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Breaks: manpages-de (<< 4.9.1-2), manpages-fr (<< 4.9.1-2), manpages-pl (<< 1:4.
 Replaces: manpages-de (<< 4.9.1-2), manpages-fr (<< 4.9.1-2), manpages-pl (<< 1:4.9.1-2),
           manpages-fr-extra (<< 20151231+nmu1)
 Provides: watch
-Recommends: psmisc, linux-sysctl-defaults
+Recommends: psmisc, linux-sysctl-defaults [linux-any]
 Description: /proc file system utilities
  This package provides command line and full screen utilities for browsing
  procfs, a "pseudo" file system dynamically generated by the kernel to
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2.51.0

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