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From: procps a. <pro...@li...> - 2009-05-10 21:34:53
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This release fixes minor odds and ends. There's a pro...@li... mailing list you can use for feature requests, bug reports, and so on. Use it! Subscription is not required or expected. http://procps.sf.net/ http://procps.sf.net/procps-3.2.8.tar.gz ------------- recent changes ------------- 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 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 |
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From: procps a. <pro...@li...> - 2006-06-25 16:26:53
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This release fixes a pgrep/pkill crash, fixes "ps sm" for single-threaded apps, and fixes a problem with stale entries in the w program. See the changelog below for additional details. There's a pro...@li... mailing list you can use for feature requests, bug reports, and so on. Use it! Feedback makes things happen. It has been getting more difficult to find test accounts on unusual systems. Today's procps would not be possible without such help. SorceForge does not provide Linux on hppa, zSeries, sparc64, ia64, or mips. SourceForge does not provide any system with the 2.4 kernel or with SE Linux fully enabled. (with levels and compartments) SourceForge does not provide an Altix or similar huge system. SourceForge does not provide traditional UNIX other than Solaris, does not even provide Solaris 10, does not provide AIX or Tru64, and does not supply FreeBSD 6. Help would be appreciated. http://procps.sf.net/ http://procps.sf.net/procps-3.2.7.tar.gz ------------- recent changes ------------- 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 |
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From: procps a. <pro...@li...> - 2006-06-25 15:44:45
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This release fixes a pgrep/pkill crash, fixes "ps sm" for single-threaded apps, and fixes a problem with stale entries in the w program. See the changelog below for additional details. There's a pro...@li... mailing list you can use for feature requests, bug reports, and so on. Use it! Feedback makes things happen. It has been getting more difficult to find test accounts on unusual systems. Today's procps would not be possible without such help. SorceForge does not provide Linux on hppa, zSeries, sparc64, ia64, or mips. SourceForge does not provide any system with the 2.4 kernel or with SE Linux fully enabled. (with levels and compartments) SourceForge does not provide an Altix or similar huge system. SourceForge does not provide traditional UNIX other than Solaris, does not even provide Solaris 10, does not provide AIX or Tru64, and does not supply FreeBSD 6. Help would be appreciated. http://procps.sf.net/ http://procps.sf.net/procps-3.2.7.tar.gz ------------- recent changes ------------- 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 |
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From: procps a. <pro...@li...> - 2006-06-25 05:56:37
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This release fixes a pgrep/pkill crash, fixes "ps sm" for single-threaded apps, and fixes a problem with stale entries in the w program. 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-3.2.7.tar.gz ------------- recent changes ------------- 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 |
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From: <pro...@li...> - 2005-10-30 09:01:46
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[ANNOUNCE] procps 3.2.6 This release fixes some rare crashes, spelling errors, %CPU display of threaded apps on 2 to 9 CPUs, and operation with 512+ CPUs. It also gives "top" an "H" option for display of individual threads. 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-3.2.6.tar.gz ------------- recent changes ------------- 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 rh1= 45906 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() |
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From: <pro...@li...> - 2005-01-26 08:46:44
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[ANNOUNCE] procps 3.2.5 This release fixes a great many minor problems and gets slabtop working on the 2.6.10 kernel. 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-3.2.5.tar.gz ------------- recent changes ------------- 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 |
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From: <pro...@li...> - 2005-01-04 22:29:26
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It appears that email sent to al...@us... is somewhat likely to be bounced or lost. I'm not sure why this is the case; nobody has taken a good look at the bounce messages or provided them to me. I suggest resending as needed, perhaps via a different email account. I've no idea if the problem is overloading or an out-of-control spam filter. |
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From: <pro...@li...> - 2004-11-04 20:43:46
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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. 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-3.2.4.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 |
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From: <pro...@li...> - 2004-08-10 07:08:15
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This release contains a new man page for ps. The shared library name has changed. (packagers: watch out!) Running "make install" no longer rebuilds everything. Build output from gcc 3.5 would still be appreciated. 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-3.2.3.tar.gz ------------- recent changes ------------- 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 |
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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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From: <pro...@li...> - 2004-03-28 05:51:31
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This release adds the -M and Z options for display of security
data and makes the STAT field more like that of modern BSD.
Some build problems and slabinfo error handling have been
fixed as well.
Poll: Should the "O" option print command arguments or not?
It was originally designed to match the Digital UNIX one,
which doesn't print arguments for either "-O" or "O".
FreeBSD prints the command arguments for "O", and does not
distinguish "O" from "-O".
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
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-3.2.1.tar.gz
------------- recent changes -------------
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
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
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From: <pro...@li...> - 2004-02-23 22:12:25
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This release introduces the slabtop tool, used for viewing kernel
memory usage. The pmap tool has changed greatly. Procps 3.2.0
is required for the 2.6.4 kernel, and for SELinux on recent
2.4.xx kernels.
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
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-3.2.0.tar.gz
------------- recent changes -------------
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
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
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From: <pro...@li...> - 2003-12-24 18:17:37
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This release supports the NSA's high-security SELinux
on the 2.6.0 kernel, without any additional libraries
required. Thread support no longer sets off chkrootkit
on buggy 2.4.xx kernels. (the PID 0 problem) Now "top"
works on terminals with auto-margin problems.
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
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-3.1.15.tar.gz
------------- recent changes -------------
procps-3.1.14 --> procps-3.1.15
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
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From: <pro...@li...> - 2003-10-22 01:12:08
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This release finishes the implementation of NPTL thread
display in ps. The -m and m options are now supported,
as well as the -L, -T, and H options seen previously.
Thread display now interacts properly with sorting.
Some parts of thread support require the 2.6.0-test8
kernel; the 2.6.0-test6 kernel is enough for minimal
thread awareness.
Also, top handles some more genuine serial terminals.
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)
* 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
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-3.1.14.tar.gz
------------- recent changes -------------
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
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From: <pro...@li...> - 2003-09-22 13:55:28
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[ANNOUNCE] procps 3.1.13
This release gives ps working -L, -T, and H options for NPTL
thread display, as well as the beginnings of m and -m support.
This feature requires a 2.6.0-test6 kernel, or a 2.6.0-test5
kernel with a patch available from the procps web site.
For those of you still upgrading from procps 2.0.xx releases,
you can expect:
* ps can display NPTL threads
* 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
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-3.1.13.tar.gz
http://procps.sf.net/test5.patch.gz
------------- recent changes -------------
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
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From: <pro...@li...> - 2003-09-13 06:35:53
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[ANNOUNCE] procps 3.1.12
This release gives users more control over ps output,
handles the new CPU usage stats of Linux 2.6.0-test4
and above, adds some new vmstat modes, and fixes
numerous minor bugs. Starting with this release, a set
of automated tests is being used to ensure correctness.
For those of you still upgrading from procps 2.0.xx releases,
you can expect:
* 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
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-3.1.12.tar.gz
------------- recent changes -------------
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
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From: <pro...@li...> - 2003-07-14 12:31:26
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This release should compile with gcc 2.95 again. Life will be good when non-C99 compilers are extinct. For those of you still upgrading from procps 2.0.xx releases, you can expect: * 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 * top shows IO-wait time if-and-only-if your kernel computes it * ps has a new "-F" format (very nice, like DYNIX/ptx has) * ps with proper BSD process selection * better handling of very long uptimes 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-3.1.11.tar.gz ------------- recent changes ------------- 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 |
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From: <pro...@li...> - 2003-07-14 04:42:37
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This release is expected to fix a WCHAN ("ps l" and "ps -l")
problem with GPLONLY_ symbols on late 2.4.xx kernels. The ps
command now adjusts PID column width according to the pid_max
setting. Documentation has improved a bit. Thanks to
Fabian Frederick, vmstat now offers some additional modes.
See the change log for details.
For those of you still upgrading from procps 2.0.xx releases,
you can expect:
* 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
* top shows IO-wait time if-and-only-if your kernel computes it
* ps has a new "-F" format (very nice, like DYNIX/ptx has)
* ps with proper BSD process selection
* better handling of very long uptimes
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-3.1.10.tar.gz
------------- recent changes -------------
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
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From: <pro...@li...> - 2003-06-11 00:33:30
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I have several possible changes that are really about personal preferances. Please send me an email with your choices, so that the next release will be better. ==== Item 1 ==== The top program displays some of the header in bold by default. Should the boldness (bright white on the console) be removed? ==== Item 2 ==== The w program can be compiled to show the FROM column by default, or to not. Currently the column is not shown unless you use the -f switch to toggle it on. Should the default be changed? ==== Item 3 ==== The tload program might change. First of all, do people actually use this? That is, should I discard the program? Second of all, should it be updated? There is a proposed change involving multi-color output. Here is a screenshot: http://fabian.unixtech.be/procps3/ Good? Bad? ==== Item 4 ==== The top program has a line that starts off like this: "Cpu(s):" Should that instead be "CPUs:" or CPU:"? ==== Item 5 ==== By default, the top program highlights rows of processes that are running. Should this feature: a. stay the same b. consider "running" by CPU tick usage c. count both "R"-state and CPU usage Should the feature be turned off by default? ==== Item 6 ==== The top program lets you sort by any column. This is great, until you want to sort by process start time (age), which isn't displayed. How should this be solved? a. hijack sort-by-PID for sort-by-age b. an off-screen column c. replace an existing column (which one?) d. other... suggestions are very welcome ==== Item 7 ==== What should ps do about screen width when the output is redirected? Consider both "ps u | less" and "ps u | grep foo". Current behavior seems to favor scripting, with lines reaching unlimited length. Lines could be truncated to 80 characters (as was once the default) or possibly according to $TERM setting. The normal window size info is unavailable in this case. ==== Item 8 ==== Should the w program sort the output? If so, on which column? ==== Item 9 ==== Does the w program need for ps-style column selection and/or some new column choices? What might that be? |
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From: <pro...@li...> - 2003-05-31 20:03:38
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This release fixes memory usage reporting when gcc 3.x is used on IA-64 and Alpha. Other 64-bit platforms may be affected. Documentation has improved a bit. Thanks to Fabian Frederick, vmstat now lets you choose display units. See the change log for details. For those of you still upgrading from procps 2.0.xx releases, you can expect: * 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 * top shows IO-wait time if-and-only-if your kernel computes it * ps has a new "-F" format (very nice, like DYNIX/ptx has) * ps with proper BSD process selection * better handling of very long uptimes 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-3.1.9.tar.gz ------------- recent changes ------------- 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 |
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From: <pro...@li...> - 2003-03-20 19:37:56
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This release fixes top's keyboard handling. The help screen had been broken in the 3.1.7 release. For those of you still upgrading from procps 2.0.xx releases, you can expect: * 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 * top shows IO-wait time if-and-only-if your kernel computes it * most programs 30% to 300% faster (tested on a 450 MHz MPC7400) * ps has a new "-F" format (very nice, like DYNIX/ptx has) * ps with proper BSD process selection * better handling of very long uptimes 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-3.1.8.tar.gz ------------- recent changes ------------- 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 |
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From: <pro...@li...> - 2003-03-19 04:57:14
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Packagers (a.k.a. downstream maintainers) will find it easier to skip parts of procps now. Now top starts up faster, and it won't refresh too fast on a 2.5.xx kernel w/o KALLSYMS. Various error, warning, and help messages are improved. For those of you still upgrading from procps 2.0.xx releases, you can expect: * 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 * top shows IO-wait time if-and-only-if your kernel computes it * most programs 30% to 300% faster (tested on a 450 MHz MPC7400) * ps has a new "-F" format (very nice, like DYNIX/ptx has) * ps with proper BSD process selection * better handling of very long uptimes 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-3.1.7.tar.gz ------------- recent changes ------------- 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 |
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From: <pro...@li...> - 2003-02-17 06:22:05
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[ANNOUNCE] procps 3.1.6 This release isn't terribly important. I fixed a memory leak in top, "ps s" on the 2.5.61 kernel, and a rare crash when showing WCHAN. You can build with gcc 2.91.xx again. Now ps can select by PPID, watch can hide the title, and "ps -C foo" compares more characters. The README is better. For sparc64 users, a 32-bit procps should be able to handle 64-bit processes. For those of you still upgrading from procps 2.0.xx releases, you can expect: * 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 * top shows IO-wait time if-and-only-if your kernel computes it * most programs 30% to 300% faster (tested on a 450 MHz MPC7400) * ps has a new "-F" format (very nice, like DYNIX/ptx has) * ps with proper BSD process selection * better handling of very long uptimes 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-3.1.6.tar.gz ------------- recent changes ------------- 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 |
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From: <pro...@li...> - 2003-02-02 06:32:13
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I realize that people may be wondering if development has come to a halt. No, stuff is happening. The 3.1.5 release was very good. Bad releases are quickly removed from the download page. |
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From: <pro...@li...> - 2002-12-21 14:32:24
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This release fixes several serious bugs. Every PID starting with a digit "9" was hidden. Data corruption, buffer overflow, and escape sequence problems from the procps-2.0.xx era have finally been fixed. For those of you still upgrading from procps 2.0.xx releases, you can expect: * 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 * top shows IO-wait time if-and-only-if your kernel computes it * most programs 30% to 300% faster (tested on a 450 MHz MPC7400) * ps has a new "-F" format (very nice, like DYNIX/ptx has) * ps with proper BSD process selection * better handling of very long uptimes 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-3.1.5.tar.gz ------------- recent changes ------------- 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 |