Re: some procps--n4-4.0.0 fixes

Craig Small <[email protected]> Sat, 9 Apr 2022 13:47:05 +1000
Newsgroups gmane.linux.procps.devel
Message-ID <CALy8Cw4qpmEr0H=cBqAjzxzFrcd_XBmyxsS7-W=YC9_MGSHxJw@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Jim,
  All three sets of patches are pushed, apologies for they delay; I was
away on holidays!

Could you give me a specific example of this issue it fixed, I think it was
something like ps -o %%blah or something like that but that specific
example I get a (correct) error message.

 - Craig


On Mon, 4 Apr 2022 at 16:44, Jim Warner <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 4/1/22 1:27 PM, Jim Warner wrote:
> > The addition of elogind to NEWS reminded me to also add the ps stuff.
> >
> > If you're in the mood, attached is a newlib patch.
>
> Hi Craig,
>
> Since the ps AIX behavior was fixed, I couldn't stop fiddling with the
> related ps code.  It's amazing how buggy it still was.
>
> The attached patches add some much needed robustness.
>
> In the case of newlib, this one goes on top of the pending NEWS patch.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim
>