Package: licq Version: 1.2.7-11 Severity: normal licq fails to start when its PID file (~/.licq/licq.pid) exists, and a process with that PID exists, even if that process isn't licq. I believe a simple check that the process has the right name (and owner!!) is in order.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ licq 11:02:31: [ERR] Licq: Already running at pid 3034. Kill process or remove /home/michael/.licq/licq.pid. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ps u -p `cat .licq/licq.pid` USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND michael 3034 0.0 0.2 2912 852 ? Ss Jan21 0:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/startkde -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (98, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i586) Kernel: Linux 2.6.10 Locale: LANG=en_AU, LC_CTYPE=en_AU (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages licq depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:3.4.3-6 GCC support library ii libssl0.9.7 0.9.7e-2 SSL shared libraries ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii licq-plugin-kde [licq-plugi 1.2.7-11 Graphical front-end plug-in for Li -- no debconf information -MD -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Deegan Hugaholic http://michael.ucc.asn.au/ Vs lbh pna ernq guvf, lbh'er ivbyngvat gur QZPN -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]