[procps] procps-3.2.2
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From: <pro...@li...> - 2004-07-19 06:06:28
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[ANNOUNCE] procps 3.2.2
This release contains many small changes, including: CFLAGS handling,
README section for packaging, SuSE IA-64 compile, NetBSD-like "ps k",
new sysctl options and error handling, more changes to top for
unusual terminals, and sub-second intervals for watch.
Build output with gcc 3.5 would be appreciated.
For those of you still upgrading from procps 2.0.xx releases,
you can expect:
* ps fully supports thread display (H, -L, m, -m, and -T)
* ps can display NSA SELinux security contexts
* top can show CPU usage for IO-wait, IRQ, and softirq
* can set $PS_FORMAT to choose your own default ps format
* better width control ("ps -o pid,wchan:42,args")
* width of ps PID column adjusts to your system
* vmstat lets you choose units you like: 1000, 1024, 1000000...
* top can sort by any column (old sort keys available too)
* top can select a single user to display
* top can be put in multi-window mode and/or color mode
* vmstat has the -s option, as found on UNIX and BSD systems
* vmstat has the -f option, as found on UNIX and BSD systems
* watch doesn't eat the first blank line by mistake
* vmstat uses a fast O(1) algorithm on 2.5.xx kernels
* pmap command is SunOS-compatible
* vmstat shows IO-wait time
* pgrep and pkill can find the oldest matching process
* sysctl handles the Linux 2.5.xx VLAN interfaces
* ps has a new "-F" format (very nice, like DYNIX/ptx has)
* ps with proper BSD process selection
* better handling of very long uptimes
* watch allows sub-second intervals
There's a pro...@li... mailing list you can
use for feature requests, bug reports, and so on. Use it!
Feedback makes things happen.
http://procps.sf.net/
http://procps.sf.net/procps-3.2.2.tar.gz
------------- recent changes -------------
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
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