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Source: watchdog
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Maintainer: Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>
Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12), po-debconf (>= 0.5.0)
Rules-Requires-Root: no
Standards-Version: 4.4.1
Homepage: http://watchdog.sourceforge.net
Package: watchdog
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, makedev (>= 2.3.1-24) | udev, lsb-base (>= 3.2-14)
Description: system health checker and software/hardware watchdog handler
The watchdog program writes to /dev/watchdog every ten seconds. If
the device is opened but not written to within a minute, the machine
will reboot. This feature is available when the kernel is built with
"software watchdog" support (standard in Debian kernels) or if the
machine is equipped with a hardware watchdog (in which case this
package can also be used to "pet" it, resetting its timer).
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The kernel software watchdog's ability to reboot will depend on the
state of the machine and interrupts.
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The watchdog tool itself runs several health checks and acts
appropriately if the system is not in good shape.
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