[procps] [ANNOUNCE] procps 3.2.4

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[ANNOUNCE] procps 3.2.4

This release adds UTF-8 support to ps, along with many minor
enhancements and fixes.

The FAQ has been updated. Those that ship the FAQ as part of
a package (not suggested) should be sure to get a fresh copy.

The 2.6.10 kernel, as well as the current pre-release versions,
may be used to get correct %CPU data for multi-threaded processes.

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use for feature requests, bug reports, and so on. Use it!
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http://procps.sf.net/procps-3.2.4.tar.gz

------------- recent changes -------------

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