Package: xfce4-sensors-plugin Version: 1.2.6-1+b1 Severity: normal Hi, the sensors panel plugin complains about hddtemp becuase hddtemp doesn't have access right to read from /dev/sda. It suggests making the binary suid which I do not like, to say the least. Anyway the plugin doesn't depend on hddtemp: Recommends: hddtemp, lm-sensors
so I've uninstalled it. But now I am seeing a different error message complaining that hddtemp is missing. This seems to be an intended behavior as per NOTES in the source package: " This version now has optional compile-time support for libsensors3, hddtemp and ACPI stuff. Thus, when creating packages, you have the choice to deliver a package with all features, which then strongly depends on all of the compiled-in features and libraries. " This doesn't sound very distribution friendly because it makes it all or nothing. I am not sure what is the preferred way to fix this but either the dependency should be strong or the compile time dependency removed. I would be happier about the later because I do not need the functionality myself but others might have different preferences. For now I will run with my local build with the dependency disabled. -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.2.0-rc6 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) Versions of packages xfce4-sensors-plugin depends on: ii libatk1.0-0 2.16.0-2 ii libc6 2.19-19 ii libcairo2 1.14.2-2 ii libfontconfig1 2.11.0-6.3 ii libfreetype6 2.5.2-4 ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.31.4-2 ii libglib2.0-0 2.44.1-1.1 ii libgtk2.0-0 2.24.28-1 ii libnotify4 0.7.6-2 ii libpango-1.0-0 1.36.8-3 ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.36.8-3 ii libpangoft2-1.0-0 1.36.8-3 ii libsensors4 1:3.3.5-2 ii libxfce4ui-1-0 4.12.1-2 ii libxfce4util7 4.12.1-2 ii xfce4-panel 4.12.0-3 Versions of packages xfce4-sensors-plugin recommends: pn hddtemp <none> ii lm-sensors 1:3.3.5-2 Versions of packages xfce4-sensors-plugin suggests: pn xsensors <none> -- no debconf information -- Michal Hocko
