Hi Emmanuel,
* Peter Collinson <p...@hillside.co.uk> [2020-03-19 11:32+0000]
Package: incron
Version: 0.5.12-1
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
I was investigating why incron-0.5.12-1 causes loads of 'zombie'
processes, and found the bug report #930526. The necessary fix and
upgrade to 0.5.12-2 is in 'unstable' but has not migrated to testing,
presumably because it doesn't compile on systems that don't support
the Linux specific file notify feature.
See:
https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=incron&suite=sid
This makes the package hard to obtain for mortals using amd64 systems.
Is there a way where the package can declare that it will not compile
on certain systems? If so can this be applied, so the revised package
can migrate into the open, and preferably become part of a buster
update?
The current version of incron is unsafe to use unless you reschedule
restarts periodically to make the dead processes go away and seriously
impacts on the use of the package.
incron 0.5.12-2 still hasn't made it to debian buster, and incron
continues to be unusable on debian stable systems :/
Is there nothing that can be done to make this version available
to debian buster?
Thanks
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Gerald Oskoboiny <ger...@w3.org>
http://www.w3.org/People/Gerald/
