Source: watchdog
Section: admin
Priority: extra
Maintainer: Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5), po-debconf (>= 0.5.0)
Standards-Version: 3.9.3
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).
 .
 The kernel software watchdog's ability to reboot will depend on the
 state of the machine and interrupts.
 .
 The watchdog tool itself runs several health checks and acts
 appropriately if the system is not in good shape.