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procps-3.3.0 --> procps-ng-3.3.1
-------------------------------- * Added DejaGNU regression testing * Fixed pgrep -u not finding processes Debian#649591 * Fixed pgrep crashing * vmstat -p <part> finds partitions. Was Debian patch vmstat_part_format fixes closed bugs RH#485243 and Debian#588677 * watch 8-bit clean, Was Debian patch watch_8bitchar * slabtop prints plain ASCII in once mode procps-3.2.8 --> procps-ng-3.3.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Debian, Fedora and openSUSE fork of procps. https://gitorious.org/procps environment/build changes: . autotools integrated . procps-ng specific options --enable-oomem (add out-of-memory flds) --disable-kill (do not build kill pgm) --enable-w-from (from as default for w) library changes: . added control groups support . added supplementary groups support . introduced proc_t memory management . enabled hot-plugged cpu support . introduced new api's readeither (readproc.c) readproctab3 (readproc.c) escaped_copy (escape.c) free changes: . rewritten/modernized improved help includes long options added new processing options . updated manual page ps changes: . added new fields cgroups,etimes,supgid,supgrp,tgid . exploited new library api's top changes: . redesigned fields management . added new fields cgroups,gid,nmin,nth,pgrp,ruid, sid,suid,supgids,supgrps,suser, tgid,tpgid . added horizontal/vertical scrolling . added flexible output override via -w . added COMMAND column forest view via V . added hot-plugged cpu/memory support . improved user filtering via u|U . improved signal handling . restored zero delay functionality . introduced true line input editing . exploited new library api's . improved performance up to 300% Debian, Fedora and openSUSE fork of procps. https://gitorious.org/procps ------------------------------------------------------ procps-3.2.8 --> procps-3.2.9 (pending) top: fix an aliasing problem -- thanks David Owen procps-3.2.7 --> procps-3.2.8 ps: allow "+" in sort specifications, as in man page rh208217 ps: recognize SCHED_ISO and SCHED_IDLE ps: document SCHED_BATCH and add a "see also" for stime ps: man page less ambiguous top: normal exit code should be 0 #341272 #354255 rh199174 suse493210 top: misc fixes pgrep: usage error should exit with 2 #413383 vmstat: use EXIT_FAILURE -- thanks Yoshio Nakamura #425492 sysctl: fix crash -- thanks Steinar Gunderson #423704 watch: tolerate umlauts #207103 pmap: range limits with -A low,high update /dev/tty* info to May 2009 devices.txt don't read off end of string const rh469495 rh498182 procps-3.2.6 --> procps-3.2.7 top: document H option -- thanks Tony Ernst top: terabytes -- thanks Tony Ernst top: CPU usage column width fixes -- thanks Tony Ernst top: *roff change #326517 ps: SCHED_BATCH is B ps: fix s format (signals) output with thread display watch: avoid integer overflow for the time delay pwdx: buffer overflow fixed -- thanks Ulf Harnhammar procps.spec needed a slash -- thanks Jesse Brandeburg w: stale utmp entries snuck in via uninitialized var -- thanks Robert A Basch pgrep/pkill: fix some realloc-related crashes #353894 pgrep/pkill: g is criteria (PLD Linux, patch found in locked filing cabinet) sysctl: use - for stdin (PLD Linux: beware of the leopard) top: show CPU time stolen from a virtual machine procps-3.2.5 --> procps-3.2.6 vmstat: /proc/stat buffer big enough for 1024 CPUs dietlibc needs termios.h for struct winsize -- thanks Thomas Ogrisegg top: can do per-task display -- thanks John Blackwood rh114012 more MIPS crud -- thanks Jim Gifford and Ryan Oliver begin prep for setuid top: fix %CPU max on 2..9 CPU SMP -- thanks Ga*tan LEURENT rh110555 ps: fix crash related to realloc -- thanks David Houlder ps: man page more detailed #334682 spelling fixes #300333 #334684 #334685 top: crash on resize fixed -- thanks Michal Maruska #320289 vmstat: -p handles /dev/ and does not overflow #319523 #330969 procps-3.2.4 --> procps-3.2.5 display problem on 64-bit systems fixed #287947 top: variable-width PID and PPID top: variable-width %CPU rh110555 sysctl: better error messages ps: security labels can contain any printable ASCII top: help and version message on stdout, with exit(0) #283541 ps: SIGTSTP and SIGTTOU shouldn't print bug email address #246123 slabtop: compile with glibc 2.2.17 (and older, likely) slabtop: fix overflow on huge NUMA boxes #264640 slabtop: accept any slabinfo 2.x format g77301 #287691 rh145369 rh145906 ps: alignment after WCHAN fixed ub5385 pmap: when no -x or -d option, show full path rh142751 procps-3.2.3 --> procps-3.2.4 support 64-bit MIPS with n32 binary sparc32 optimized for sparc32 again pwdx: new command -- thanks Nicholas Miell ps: UTF-8 username + command -- thanks Karel Zak rh134763,rh112518,rh134780 ps: more room for some columns ps: tolerate SubDomain security module CONTEXT/LABEL data #277401 watch: passes COLUMNS and LINES in environment top: in batch mode, tolerate unknown $TERM -- thanks Daniel Walsh pkill: quiet about processes that die before kill() procps-3.2.2 --> procps-3.2.3 avoid truncating long usernames avoid warning about -lncurses when not linking (more) new names for shared libraries (packagers: watch out!) "make install" no longer rebuilds everything wchan now '*' for multi-threaded processes ps: new man page -- thanks Nicolas Francois ps: STAT shows l for multi-threaded processes vmstat: some overflow problems fixed -- thanks Holger Kiehl sysctl: man page fix procps-3.2.1 --> procps-3.2.2 new packager (downstream maintainer) guidelines in README move striping from install command to CFLAGS new gcc options in use: -fweb, -frename-registers, etc. avoid warning about -lncurses when not linking -- thanks FLWM tolerate IA-64 headers without PAGE_SIZE ps: k option, same as --sort ps: personality-specific -x support (HP-UX and SVR4-MP) pgrep: man page SEE ALSO updated #226817 sysctl: -q and -N options sysctl: better error handling of failed writes top: tolerate sparse CPU numbering top: try to handle terminals lacking rmam and smam #235003 top: xterm dislikes clear-to-eol at eol (char lost) vmstat: fixed -d watch: allow sub-second intervals -- thanks Thomas Stewart procps-3.2.0 --> procps-3.2.1 build even w/ curses in an odd location -- thanks to Segher Boessenkool ps: STAT flags for fg process group and session leader ps: STAT flags for swapped out process dropped (was broken) ps: new -M and Z options for security data (SE Linux, etc.) slabtop: detect broken /proc/slabinfo -- thanks to Fabian Frederick slabtop: ensure that error messages show up on the screen -- FF again procps-3.1.15 --> procps-3.2.0 build on IA-64 again #227933 pmap: output like Solaris 9, not Solaris 7 ps: also handle SELinux on the 2.4.xx kernels top: during a ^Z, the terminal was messed up #228822 future-proof the tty handling (thanks to Zhou Wei) slabtop (Chris Rivera and Robert Love) #226778 pmap: detect the primary stack pmap: -d format free: report high and low memory procps-3.1.14 --> procps-3.1.15 install to /lib64 if it exists hide kernel PID bug (Linux 2.4.13-pre1 to 2.4.MAX) #217278 #219730 #217525 #224470 ps: faster threaded display top: auto-margin problem #217559 ps: support NSA SELinux, all builds, Linux 2.6+ #193648 sysctl: tweak man page for ESR's broken parser procps-3.1.13 --> procps-3.1.14 top: displays on more genuine serial terminals handle 32-bit dev_t of Linux 2.6 ps: finally, m and -m satisfy the original design ps: distinct per-thread and whole-process pending signals procps-3.1.12 --> procps-3.1.13 ps: can display NPTL threads w/ kernel patch no seLinux for now (new kernel interface) procps-3.1.11 --> procps-3.1.12 ps: explicit width ("ps -o pid,wchan:42,args") ps: $PS_FORMAT works properly #201575 top: new Linux 2.6.0-test4 CPU stats shown top: multiple -p options work again top: fixed 4 GB wrap-around ps: has a set of tests to ensure correctness man page: /var/run/utmp, not /etc/utmp #206583 required flags moved out of CFLAGS #205429 RPM generation handles /lib64 WCHAN skips leading '.' vmstat: numerous new features procps-3.1.10 --> procps-3.1.11 compile with gcc 2.95 again (C99 issue) procps-3.1.9 --> procps-3.1.10 handle GPLONLY_ symbols #143549 #188374 kill: better man page skill: better man page ps: PID-like columns change width as needed top: COMMAND instead of Command vmstat: -m displays slabinfo vmstat: -d displays disk stats procps-3.1.8 --> procps-3.1.9 memory sizes fixed for 64-bit w/ gcc 3.x #194376 #191933 ps: detect broken OS install w/o /proc mounted #172735 top: fix suspend/resume behavior top: ditch warning until a GOOD interface is found #188271 kill: more info in the man page #182414 ps: document the -o, o, -O, and O options #169301 vmstat: choose units you like: 1000, 1024, 1000000... procps-3.1.7 --> procps-3.1.8 top: fix keyboard handling (help screen, etc.) procps-3.1.6 --> procps-3.1.7 Makefile: made SKIP feature easier to use watch: --help now explains -t, --no-title #182246 ps: warning directs users to the FAQ top: batch mode can refresh by fractional seconds top: faster start-up top: do not refresh like crazy ps: better crash message procps-3.1.5 --> procps-3.1.6 handle the 2.5.61 kernel top: memory leak fixed ps: new --ppid option selects by PPID watch: new --no-title option #179862 handle SPARC Linux badness rare crash fixed compile with gcc 2.91.xx again more informative "ps --info" README update ps: compare more with "ps -C verylongname" #178127 procps-3.1.4 --> procps-3.1.5 ancient (2.x.xx era) data corruption fixed serious hidden-process problem (3.1.3+) fixed w: escape sequence vulnerability fixed procps-3.1.3 --> procps-3.1.4 top: was trashing every "3" in a command name top: when killing a process, the PID was cut at a "3" top: more reliable %CPU update copyright dates (GPL & LGPL require this) RPM generation works now procps-3.1.2 --> procps-3.1.3 uses /proc/*/wchan files when available top: user selection sysctl: add -e for Red Hat 8.0 boot scripts sysctl: the obvious --help, -V, and --version sysctl: some command line error checking w: stdout, not stderr -- thanks to Sander van Malssen procps-3.1.1 --> procps-3.1.2 better RPM generation use C99 features some seLinux fixes now count Inact_laundry as needed #172163 ps: fewer globals ps: hardware-enforced buffer protection ps: 1 kB smaller top: B command added (for bold on/off) top: handle old (and future) config files top: man page tweak top: old sort keys #167249 top: out-of-bounds RT as "RT" top: several times faster top: t command fixed vmstat: -f vmstat: -s w: much faster watch: don't drop empty lines #171005 watch: re-indented procps-3.1.0 --> procps-3.1.1 vmstat faster on 2.5.xx kernels vmstat header fixed vmstat -a re-fixed procps-3.0.5 --> procps-3.1.0 vmstat displays IO-wait time instead of bogus "w" can build w/o shared library (set SHARED=0) when IO-wait hidden, count as idle, not as sys pmap command added (like Sun has) do not crash GNU make 3.79 top slightly faster procps-3.0.4 --> procps-3.0.5 top tolerates super-wide displays better (?) RPM generation XConsole and top.desktop removed old build system removed code cleanup pgrep and pkill get "-o" (oldest matching process) had vmstat "bi" and "bo" output interchanged on 2.5.xx fix man page tbl directives top man page cleaned up procps-3.0.3 --> procps-3.0.4 make top go faster Linux 2.2.xx ELF note warning removed only show IO-wait on recent kernels fix top's SMP stats fix top for "dumb" and "vt510" terminals in top, limit the priority values to -99 ... 99 procps-3.0.2 --> procps-3.0.3 more "make install" fixes lib CFLAGS working again top.1 codes fixed bad (int*) cast in top removed top runs faster libproc memory corruption fixed rant moved out of top.1 man page ability to SKIP installing things fixed ps --sort crash procps-3.0.1 --> procps-3.0.2 top defaults to the old layout top defaults to sorting by %CPU fix top for non-SMP 2.2.xx and 2.0.xx new "make install" fixed vmstat -a fixed vmstat compiles with latest gcc-3.x vmstat does 64-bit time procps-3.0.0 --> procps-3.0.1 sysctl handles net/ipv4/conf/eth1.0123/tag (VLAN interface) sysctl handles net.ipv4.conf.eth1/0123.tag (VLAN interface) "ps" is now about 2x faster than in procps-2.x.x "ps -F" now documented w works in KOI8-R locale vmstat documentation update "skill -n blah blah blah" lets you test options simple "make && make install" now procps-2.x.x --> procps-3.0.0 designed to support Linux 2.0 through 2.5.41 and beyond new top, with optional: color, windowing, SMP stats runs faster more "it crashes" bugs fixed top shows IO-wait time vmstat can show active/inactive memory stats real-time info supported in ps correct "ps -o size" and "ps --sort size" new maintainers reduced memory usage for ps allow large PIDs to be specified SELINUX support is just a recompile away the "F" column shrank, so "ps -l" has more command name room 64-bit time reduces the overflow problem support S/390, IA-64 emulator, and user-mode Linux oldps is gone configure script -- use "make -f Makefile.noam" as a backup "w" program better at determining what a user is doing more stable code at http://procps.sf.net/ now (SourceForge) Earlier changes, for those not using Debian already: more stable runs faster -F format option better error reporting in ps for unknown format specifiers BSD's sysctl options -b and -X top displays well on large-memory systems old BSD-style select-by-PID ("ps l$$") 15-character user names ps 'f' ASCII art forest fixed add SIGSYS on i386 top reports real RSS value large-memory systems work minimal ps program for embedded systems (minimal.c) BSD personality process selection fixed support locale (French) with ',' and '.' mixed up pgrep program includes the "kill" and "nice" programs don't chop non-tty ps output at 80 columns |