1 files changed, 0 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/mdkapplet b/mdkapplet
index 1fe0fde0..5e103539 100755
--- a/mdkapplet
+++ b/mdkapplet
@@ -294,14 +294,6 @@ sub compareWithInstalled {
     }
     $isUpdate;
 }
-sub is_running {
-    my ($name) = @_;
-    any {
-	my ($ppid, $pid, $n) = /^\s*(\d+)\s+(\d+)\s+(.*)/;
-	#- to run ps, perl may create some process with $name as name and 1 as ppid
-	$ppid != 1 && $pid != $$ && $n eq $name;
-    } `ps -o '%P %p %c' -u $ENV{USER}`;
-}
 sub cronUpdate {
     Glib::Timeout->add(10*1000, sub {
 	checkConfig();