severity 609004 important
kthxbye

On Wed, Jan  5, 2011 at 13:44:07 +0200, Don Rosa wrote:

> Package: cgroup-bin
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> The cgrulesengd daemon monitors processes started based on uid/gid, and those
> that match the user filters get applied to the configured cgroup.
> 
> For the "monitor" part to work, the kernel must have CONFIG_PROC_EVENTS=y 
> which
> in turn requires CONFIG_CONNECTOR=y.
> 
> The default debian kernel has CONNECTOR=m, which means that PROC_EVENTS are 
> not
> available.
> 
> The result is that the "cgred" daemon in the cgroup-bin package does nothing
> (never applies any rules) as it is unable to monitor for processes.

It sounds like this only breaks a part of the functionality of the
cgroup-bin package, and the rest of the utilities work?  On that basis,
downgrading the severity.

Cheers,
Julien

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