Package: busybox Version: 1:1.9.2-1 Severity: important Tags: d-i In Debian Installer we're seeing a regression in pidof. For certain processes it no longer returns the PID.
# ps ax | grep [d]ebian-installer 452 root 1408 S /bin/sh /sbin/debian-installer 5594 root 1964 S /bin/sh /sbin/debian-installer /bin/network-console-m 5641 root 1964 S /bin/sh /sbin/debian-installer /bin/network-console-m # pidof debian-installer # With busybox 1.3.x the pidof command would return the PIDs: # pidof debian-installer 452 5594 5641 The first of these processes is started from /etc/inittab: ::respawn:/bin/cttyhack /sbin/debian-installer The second and third are started from an ssh connection to the system: # cat /etc/passwd root:*:0:0:root:/:/bin/sh installer:x:0:0:installer:/:/bin/network-console # cat /bin/network-console #!/bin/sh set -e [...] exec /sbin/debian-installer /bin/network-console-menu -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-rc6 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages busybox depends on: ii libc6 2.7-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries busybox recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
