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* ps: sort by cgroup Debian #692279
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* ps: display control group name with -o cgname
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* ps: Fallback to attr/current for context Debian #786956
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* tests: Conditionally add prctl Debian #816237
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procps-ng-3.3.11
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* libprocps API 5:0:0
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* pgrep: don't crash with -a -w flags. Merge 33, Debian #768190
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* skill: command line with signal number interpreted correctly
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* pmap: print process name even if smaps is unreadable Debian #775624
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* ps: sort by etimes column, uses etime Debian #794619
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* ps, top: Add support for LXC containers. Ubuntu #1174911
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* w: work with smaller window sizes Debian #183394
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* w: correctly find "best" proc with pid wrap
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* library: use merged systemd library Debian #731256
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* kill,skill,pkill: fix option parsing
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* top once again will fully honor a saved rcfile,
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without requiring --disable-modern-top. Debian #762928, #762947
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* vmstat: Not crash if partition appears before disk Debian #736628
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* free: -s without -c works Debian #733758
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procps-ng-3.3.10
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* sysctl --system loads default config file - Debian #732920
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* ps doesn't exit on SIGCONT
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* top better accommodates discontinuous NUMA nodes
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* ps cmdline trailing spaces suppressed under zsh, redhat #1057600
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* kill restores the '-HUP -1' functionality
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* vmstat -d / -p segfault eliminated when /sys is not mounted
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* pgrep properly shows full command line when -au are combined
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* vmstat supports timestamps with -t/--timestamp option
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* top is now immune to distortions when system time is reset
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* top standardized the <Esc> key support with prompted input
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* top missing summary area info added to man document, ubuntu #574624
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* top properly responds to the current locale LC_NUMERIC setting
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* top provides alternate graph modes for cpu states and memory usage
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* top offers new startup defaults, plus ./configure --disable-modern-top
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* top exploits MemAvailable field and offers improved memory statistics
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* ps new --quick-pid option, a more efficient alternative to --pid option
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* usernames up to 32 characters now accommodated (up from 19), redhat #1112734
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* free exploits MemAvailable field and offers improved memory statistics
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* free considers slabs in displayed totals, debian #565518, ubuntu #126329
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* watch supports new ANSI styles and background colors
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procps-ng-3.3.9
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* kernel namespaces support added to skill, pgrep, ps and top
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* pidof was reimplemented from scratch (replacing sysvinit pidof)
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* ps has configurable libselinux support (--enable-libselinux)
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* ps provides for display of systemd slice unit (--with-systemd)
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* free can once again report non-zero 'shared' memory
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* sysctl provides '--system' to ignore missing /etc/sysctl.conf
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* watch interval capacity was increased - debian #720445
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* pwdx no longer fails in a nonexistent locale - debian #718766
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* top clarified summary area Mem/Swap stats - debian #718670
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* top batch mode -w (width) abend fixed - debian #721204
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* top man page removed 'Bd/Ed' mdoc macros - debian #725713
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* top no longer clears screen at exit - redhat #977561
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* top adapted to potential libnuma stderr message - redhat #998678
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* top added missing batch mode newline - redhat #1008674
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procps-ng-3.3.8
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* top adds extensions for linux NUMA/Node capability
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* top has reverted to former %CPU and %MEM precision
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but also provides a '--enable-wide-percent' option
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Debian #707648
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* eliminate the potential library segmentation fault
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Debian #706259, RedHat #951391
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* top now accommodates a window manager like 'screen'
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RedHat #962022
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* ps shows systemd unit and user unit for a process
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procps-ng-3.3.7
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---------------
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* top adds a powerful new filter feature wherein any
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window can include or exlude selected fields which
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contain specific values - Debian #682082 & #682083
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* top preserves user input for later recall and edit
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* top provides true input editing vs. just backspace
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* top user filtering with exclusion - Debian #682086
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* top field management resize errors no longer fatal
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* top is more responsive to window resize (SIGWINCH)
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* top will now preserve user's context when signaled
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procps-ng-3.3.6
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* top adds a powerful new feature where the contents
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of some file or output from a program, pipeline or
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shell script can be viewed in its own scrollable &
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searchable window while pausing the normal display
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* top highlights matches with 'locate/next' commands
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* top adds summary/task area memory scaling commands
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* top adds a command to suppress insignificant zeros
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* top adds a command line sort field override switch
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* top provides a default PID for kill, nice commands
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* top allows core dump generation, if a signal would
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* pmap adds 2 new options based on smaps, -X and -XX
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* Adjusted pmap pidlist storage Debian #688180
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* programs will permit core-dumps RedHat #87825, 512857
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* receiving a signal is not a crash RedHat #871824, 441656
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* ps: Fixed negative etime RedHat #871819, #433266
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* pkill -c option returns Debian #693783
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* pmap uses correct types for memory allocation Debian #688180
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* expose freeproc, adds function to API Debian #681653
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procps-ng-3.3.5
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* Bumped SONAME to take into acccount API change
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procps-ng-3.3.4
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* Removed ps -aux bogus message
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* w get -i option to display IP addresses
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* watch 8bit fixes Debian #675069
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* Fixed FTBFS for non-linux Debian #677055
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* pkill -u <uid> doesn't need space Debian #676239
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* top enables intra-column horizontal scrolling
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* top can display a task's environment
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* top can display major/minor pg fault deltas, Debian ##84992
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* top provides additional control over column widths
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* top offers user controlled left/right justification
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procps-ng-3.3.3
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* watch -g command repeats until something changes
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* Changed labels of kB etc to KiB Debian #662786
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* top supports hotplugged memory and cpus Debian #351934, #459287
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* top %cpu not distorted when switch to/from threads Debian #441166
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* top can read old toprc configuration files Debian #651213, #651863
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* top supports input paste once again Debian #663334
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* top -p avoids SEGV when pid doesn't exist Debian 668335
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* Various DejaGNU test cases fixed
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* pgrep.1 graoff syntax fix Debian #665425
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* sysctl avoid crash when -p file has unexpected input
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* sysctl .conf off-by-one error Debian #669128
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* libprocps: protect locale env getting overwrite RedHat #548711
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* Documentation catch up (fixed prior to 3.3.3)
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. top repeating "%" wastes space Debian #322984
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. top -U user name parse error Debian #623200
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. top memory leaks Debian #627257
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. top impossible task swap statistics Debian #628462
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. top forest view segfault Debian #650864
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procps-ng-3.3.1 --> procps-ng-3.3.2
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* Redefined library to use version-info
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* NLS added! Programs can use po files to localise the output to suite
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any supported languages.
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* Imported a bunch of distribution patches:
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watch: support unicode
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watch: add precision wait time option -p
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watch: interpret ANSI color code sequences
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watch: add -exec and -beep flags and has better quoting
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w: use environment to set user and from/host column widths
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w: use COLUMNS environment if TIOCGWINSZ fails
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w: bassman emulation with -o option
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vmstat: do not scale si/so just like bi/bo
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libprocps-ng: sysinfo.c: truncate the vmstat figure to 32 bits
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tload: remote unneeded optarg and optind variables
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sysctl: fix up some option processing
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skill: kill prints perror
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skill: do not treat skill null parameter as 0
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skill: fix too greedy option parser
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libprocps-ng: readproc.c: some type conversion help
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ps: rename SZ to SIZE
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ps: add sorting to %mem for ps
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pmap: provide information for -x option
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pgrep: distinguish between invalid commandline parameters and '-?'
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pgrep: fix compiler warning saved_start_time might be used uninitialized
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pgrep: add -c option for counting number of matched proceesses
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pwdx & libprocps-ng: Hurd does not have MAX_PATH defined
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ps: --sort does not work with time argument
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skill: add CR to warning line
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contrib: minimal ps: define mips PAGE_SIZE
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libproc-ng: prettyfy proc mount messages
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ps: add build option to disable ps option warning
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libproc-ng: support building without WCHAR support
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sysctl: remove index() for buildroot
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* top now has a search capability
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* User import is validated better to stop negative values for intervals etc
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procps-ng-3.3.0 --> procps-ng-3.3.1
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* Added DejaGNU regression testing
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* Fixed pgrep -u not finding processes Debian#649591
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* Fixed pgrep crashing
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* vmstat -p <part> finds partitions. Was Debian patch vmstat_part_format
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fixes closed bugs RH#485243 and Debian#588677
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* watch 8-bit clean, Was Debian patch watch_8bitchar
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* slabtop prints plain ASCII in once mode
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procps-3.2.8 --> procps-ng-3.3.0
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Debian, Fedora and openSUSE fork of procps.
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https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps
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environment/build changes:
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. autotools integrated
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. procps-ng specific options
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--enable-oomem (add out-of-memory flds)
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--disable-kill (do not build kill pgm)
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--enable-w-from (from as default for w)
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library changes:
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. added control groups support
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. added supplementary groups support
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. introduced proc_t memory management
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. enabled hot-plugged cpu support
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. introduced new api's
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readeither (readproc.c)
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readproctab3 (readproc.c)
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escaped_copy (escape.c)
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free changes:
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. rewritten/modernized
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improved help
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includes long options
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added new processing options
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. updated manual page
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ps changes:
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. added new fields
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cgroups,etimes,supgid,supgrp,tgid
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. exploited new library api's
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top changes:
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. redesigned fields management
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. added new fields
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cgroups,gid,nmin,nth,pgrp,ruid,
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sid,suid,supgids,supgrps,suser,
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tgid,tpgid
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. added horizontal/vertical scrolling
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. added flexible output override via -w
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. added COMMAND column forest view via V
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. added hot-plugged cpu/memory support
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. improved user filtering via u|U
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. improved signal handling
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. restored zero delay functionality
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. introduced true line input editing
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. exploited new library api's
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. improved performance up to 300%
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Debian, Fedora and openSUSE fork of procps.
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https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps
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procps-3.2.8 --> procps-3.2.9 (pending)
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top: fix an aliasing problem -- thanks David Owen
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procps-3.2.7 --> procps-3.2.8
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ps: allow "+" in sort specifications, as in man page rh208217
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ps: recognize SCHED_ISO and SCHED_IDLE
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ps: document SCHED_BATCH and add a "see also" for stime
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ps: man page less ambiguous
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top: normal exit code should be 0 #341272 #354255 rh199174 suse493210
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top: misc fixes
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pgrep: usage error should exit with 2 #413383
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vmstat: use EXIT_FAILURE -- thanks Yoshio Nakamura #425492
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sysctl: fix crash -- thanks Steinar Gunderson #423704
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watch: tolerate umlauts #207103
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pmap: range limits with -A low,high
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update /dev/tty* info to May 2009 devices.txt
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don't read off end of string const rh469495 rh498182
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procps-3.2.6 --> procps-3.2.7
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top: document H option -- thanks Tony Ernst
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top: terabytes -- thanks Tony Ernst
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top: CPU usage column width fixes -- thanks Tony Ernst
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top: *roff change #326517
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ps: SCHED_BATCH is B
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ps: fix s format (signals) output with thread display
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watch: avoid integer overflow for the time delay
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pwdx: buffer overflow fixed -- thanks Ulf Harnhammar
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procps.spec needed a slash -- thanks Jesse Brandeburg
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w: stale utmp entries snuck in via uninitialized var -- thanks Robert A Basch
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pgrep/pkill: fix some realloc-related crashes #353894
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pgrep/pkill: g is criteria (PLD Linux, patch found in locked filing cabinet)
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sysctl: use - for stdin (PLD Linux: beware of the leopard)
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top: show CPU time stolen from a virtual machine
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procps-3.2.5 --> procps-3.2.6
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vmstat: /proc/stat buffer big enough for 1024 CPUs
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dietlibc needs termios.h for struct winsize -- thanks Thomas Ogrisegg
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top: can do per-task display -- thanks John Blackwood rh114012
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more MIPS crud -- thanks Jim Gifford and Ryan Oliver
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begin prep for setuid
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top: fix %CPU max on 2..9 CPU SMP -- thanks Ga*tan LEURENT rh110555
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ps: fix crash related to realloc -- thanks David Houlder
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ps: man page more detailed #334682
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spelling fixes #300333 #334684 #334685
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top: crash on resize fixed -- thanks Michal Maruska #320289
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vmstat: -p handles /dev/ and does not overflow #319523 #330969
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procps-3.2.4 --> procps-3.2.5
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display problem on 64-bit systems fixed #287947
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top: variable-width PID and PPID
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top: variable-width %CPU rh110555
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sysctl: better error messages
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ps: security labels can contain any printable ASCII
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top: help and version message on stdout, with exit(0) #283541
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ps: SIGTSTP and SIGTTOU shouldn't print bug email address #246123
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slabtop: compile with glibc 2.2.17 (and older, likely)
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slabtop: fix overflow on huge NUMA boxes #264640
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slabtop: accept any slabinfo 2.x format g77301 #287691 rh145369 rh145906
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ps: alignment after WCHAN fixed ub5385
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pmap: when no -x or -d option, show full path rh142751
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procps-3.2.3 --> procps-3.2.4
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support 64-bit MIPS with n32 binary
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sparc32 optimized for sparc32 again
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pwdx: new command -- thanks Nicholas Miell
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ps: UTF-8 username + command -- thanks Karel Zak rh134763,rh112518,rh134780
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ps: more room for some columns
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ps: tolerate SubDomain security module CONTEXT/LABEL data #277401
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watch: passes COLUMNS and LINES in environment
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top: in batch mode, tolerate unknown $TERM -- thanks Daniel Walsh
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pkill: quiet about processes that die before kill()
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procps-3.2.2 --> procps-3.2.3
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avoid truncating long usernames
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avoid warning about -lncurses when not linking (more)
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new names for shared libraries (packagers: watch out!)
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"make install" no longer rebuilds everything
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wchan now '*' for multi-threaded processes
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ps: new man page -- thanks Nicolas Francois
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ps: STAT shows l for multi-threaded processes
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vmstat: some overflow problems fixed -- thanks Holger Kiehl
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sysctl: man page fix
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procps-3.2.1 --> procps-3.2.2
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new packager (downstream maintainer) guidelines in README
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move striping from install command to CFLAGS
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new gcc options in use: -fweb, -frename-registers, etc.
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avoid warning about -lncurses when not linking -- thanks FLWM
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tolerate IA-64 headers without PAGE_SIZE
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ps: k option, same as --sort
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ps: personality-specific -x support (HP-UX and SVR4-MP)
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pgrep: man page SEE ALSO updated #226817
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sysctl: -q and -N options
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sysctl: better error handling of failed writes
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top: tolerate sparse CPU numbering
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top: try to handle terminals lacking rmam and smam #235003
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top: xterm dislikes clear-to-eol at eol (char lost)
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vmstat: fixed -d
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watch: allow sub-second intervals -- thanks Thomas Stewart
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procps-3.2.0 --> procps-3.2.1
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build even w/ curses in an odd location -- thanks to Segher Boessenkool
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ps: STAT flags for fg process group and session leader
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ps: STAT flags for swapped out process dropped (was broken)
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ps: new -M and Z options for security data (SELinux, etc.)
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slabtop: detect broken /proc/slabinfo -- thanks to Fabian Frederick
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slabtop: ensure that error messages show up on the screen -- FF again
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procps-3.1.15 --> procps-3.2.0
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build on IA-64 again #227933
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pmap: output like Solaris 9, not Solaris 7
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ps: also handle SELinux on the 2.4.xx kernels
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top: during a ^Z, the terminal was messed up #228822
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future-proof the tty handling (thanks to Zhou Wei)
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slabtop (Chris Rivera and Robert Love) #226778
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pmap: detect the primary stack
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pmap: -d format
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free: report high and low memory
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procps-3.1.14 --> procps-3.1.15
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install to /lib64 if it exists
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hide kernel PID bug (Linux 2.4.13-pre1 to 2.4.MAX) #217278 #219730 #217525 #224470
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ps: faster threaded display
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top: auto-margin problem #217559
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ps: support NSA SELinux, all builds, Linux 2.6+ #193648
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sysctl: tweak man page for ESR's broken parser
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procps-3.1.13 --> procps-3.1.14
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top: displays on more genuine serial terminals
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handle 32-bit dev_t of Linux 2.6
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ps: finally, m and -m satisfy the original design
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ps: distinct per-thread and whole-process pending signals
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procps-3.1.12 --> procps-3.1.13
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ps: can display NPTL threads w/ kernel patch
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no seLinux for now (new kernel interface)
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procps-3.1.11 --> procps-3.1.12
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ps: explicit width ("ps -o pid,wchan:42,args")
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ps: $PS_FORMAT works properly #201575
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top: new Linux 2.6.0-test4 CPU stats shown
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top: multiple -p options work again
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top: fixed 4 GB wrap-around
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ps: has a set of tests to ensure correctness
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man page: /var/run/utmp, not /etc/utmp #206583
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required flags moved out of CFLAGS #205429
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RPM generation handles /lib64
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WCHAN skips leading '.'
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vmstat: numerous new features
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procps-3.1.10 --> procps-3.1.11
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compile with gcc 2.95 again (C99 issue)
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procps-3.1.9 --> procps-3.1.10
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handle GPLONLY_ symbols #143549 #188374
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kill: better man page
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skill: better man page
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ps: PID-like columns change width as needed
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top: COMMAND instead of Command
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vmstat: -m displays slabinfo
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vmstat: -d displays disk stats
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procps-3.1.8 --> procps-3.1.9
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memory sizes fixed for 64-bit w/ gcc 3.x #194376 #191933
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ps: detect broken OS install w/o /proc mounted #172735
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top: fix suspend/resume behavior
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top: ditch warning until a GOOD interface is found #188271
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kill: more info in the man page #182414
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ps: document the -o, o, -O, and O options #169301
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vmstat: choose units you like: 1000, 1024, 1000000...
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procps-3.1.7 --> procps-3.1.8
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top: fix keyboard handling (help screen, etc.)
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procps-3.1.6 --> procps-3.1.7
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Makefile: made SKIP feature easier to use
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watch: --help now explains -t, --no-title #182246
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ps: warning directs users to the FAQ
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top: batch mode can refresh by fractional seconds
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top: faster start-up
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top: do not refresh like crazy
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ps: better crash message
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procps-3.1.5 --> procps-3.1.6
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handle the 2.5.61 kernel
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top: memory leak fixed
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ps: new --ppid option selects by PPID
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watch: new --no-title option #179862
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handle SPARC Linux badness
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rare crash fixed
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compile with gcc 2.91.xx again
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more informative "ps --info"
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README update
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ps: compare more with "ps -C verylongname" #178127
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procps-3.1.4 --> procps-3.1.5
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ancient (2.x.xx era) data corruption fixed
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serious hidden-process problem (3.1.3+) fixed
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w: escape sequence vulnerability fixed
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procps-3.1.3 --> procps-3.1.4
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top: was trashing every "3" in a command name
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top: when killing a process, the PID was cut at a "3"
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top: more reliable %CPU
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update copyright dates (GPL & LGPL require this)
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RPM generation works now
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procps-3.1.2 --> procps-3.1.3
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uses /proc/*/wchan files when available
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top: user selection
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sysctl: add -e for Red Hat 8.0 boot scripts
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sysctl: the obvious --help, -V, and --version
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sysctl: some command line error checking
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w: stdout, not stderr -- thanks to Sander van Malssen
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procps-3.1.1 --> procps-3.1.2
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better RPM generation
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use C99 features
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some seLinux fixes
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now count Inact_laundry as needed #172163
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ps: fewer globals
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ps: hardware-enforced buffer protection
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ps: 1 kB smaller
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top: B command added (for bold on/off)
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top: handle old (and future) config files
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top: man page tweak
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top: old sort keys #167249
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top: out-of-bounds RT as "RT"
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top: several times faster
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top: t command fixed
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vmstat: -f
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vmstat: -s
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w: much faster
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watch: don't drop empty lines #171005
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watch: re-indented
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procps-3.1.0 --> procps-3.1.1
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vmstat faster on 2.5.xx kernels
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vmstat header fixed
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vmstat -a re-fixed
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procps-3.0.5 --> procps-3.1.0
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vmstat displays IO-wait time instead of bogus "w"
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can build w/o shared library (set SHARED=0)
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when IO-wait hidden, count as idle, not as sys
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pmap command added (like Sun has)
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do not crash GNU make 3.79
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top slightly faster
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procps-3.0.4 --> procps-3.0.5
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top tolerates super-wide displays
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better (?) RPM generation
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XConsole and top.desktop removed
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old build system removed
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code cleanup
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pgrep and pkill get "-o" (oldest matching process)
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had vmstat "bi" and "bo" output interchanged on 2.5.xx
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fix man page tbl directives
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top man page cleaned up
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procps-3.0.3 --> procps-3.0.4
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make top go faster
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Linux 2.2.xx ELF note warning removed
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only show IO-wait on recent kernels
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fix top's SMP stats
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fix top for "dumb" and "vt510" terminals
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in top, limit the priority values to -99 ... 99
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procps-3.0.2 --> procps-3.0.3
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more "make install" fixes
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lib CFLAGS working again
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top.1 codes fixed
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bad (int*) cast in top removed
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top runs faster
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libproc memory corruption fixed
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rant moved out of top.1 man page
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ability to SKIP installing things
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fixed ps --sort crash
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procps-3.0.1 --> procps-3.0.2
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top defaults to the old layout
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top defaults to sorting by %CPU
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fix top for non-SMP 2.2.xx and 2.0.xx
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new "make install" fixed
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vmstat -a fixed
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vmstat compiles with latest gcc-3.x
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vmstat does 64-bit time
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procps-3.0.0 --> procps-3.0.1
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sysctl handles net/ipv4/conf/eth1.0123/tag (VLAN interface)
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sysctl handles net.ipv4.conf.eth1/0123.tag (VLAN interface)
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"ps" is now about 2x faster than in procps-2.x.x
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"ps -F" now documented
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w works in KOI8-R locale
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vmstat documentation update
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"skill -n blah blah blah" lets you test options
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simple "make && make install" now
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procps-2.x.x --> procps-3.0.0
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designed to support Linux 2.0 through 2.5.41 and beyond
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new top, with optional: color, windowing, SMP stats
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runs faster
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more "it crashes" bugs fixed
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top shows IO-wait time
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vmstat can show active/inactive memory stats
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real-time info supported in ps
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correct "ps -o size" and "ps --sort size"
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new maintainers
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reduced memory usage for ps
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allow large PIDs to be specified
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SELINUX support is just a recompile away
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the "F" column shrank, so "ps -l" has more command name room
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64-bit time reduces the overflow problem
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support S/390, IA-64 emulator, and user-mode Linux
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oldps is gone
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configure script -- use "make -f Makefile.noam" as a backup
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"w" program better at determining what a user is doing
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more stable
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code at http://procps.sf.net/ now (SourceForge)
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Earlier changes, for those not using Debian already:
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more stable
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runs faster
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-F format option
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better error reporting in ps for unknown format specifiers
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BSD's sysctl options -b and -X
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top displays well on large-memory systems
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old BSD-style select-by-PID ("ps l$$")
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15-character user names
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ps 'f' ASCII art forest fixed
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add SIGSYS on i386
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top reports real RSS value
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large-memory systems work
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minimal ps program for embedded systems (minimal.c)
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BSD personality process selection fixed
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support locale (French) with ',' and '.' mixed up
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pgrep program
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includes the "kill" and "nice" programs
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don't chop non-tty ps output at 80 columns
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