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Craig Small
library: build on non-glibc systems
10 апр 2018, 14:28
10 апр 2018, 14:28
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procps-ng-3.3.14 ---------------- * pgrep: Don't segfault on non match Debian #894917 * pgrep/pkill: Revert so matches all namespaces issue #91 * free: Fix scaling on 32-bit systems issue #89 * library: Build on non-glibc systems issue #88 procps-ng-3.3.13 ---------------- * library: Increment to 7:0:1 No changes, no removals New fuctions: numa_init, numa_max_node, numa_node_of_cpu, numa_uninit, xalloc_err_handler * doc: Document I idle state in ps.1 and top.1 Debian #886967 * free: fix some of the SI multiples issue #45 * kill: -l space between name parses correctly Debian #854407 * library: dont use vm_min_free on non Linux Debian #831396 * library: dont use SIGPWR on FreeBSD Debian #832148 * library: don't strip off wchan prefixes (ps & top) Redhat #1322111 * pgrep: warn about 15+ char name only if -f not used * pgrep/pkill: only match in same namespace by default merge #41 * pidof: specify separator between pids merge #58 * pkill: Return 0 only if we can kill process Debian #852758 * pmap: fix duplicate output line under '-x' option Redhat #1374061 * ps: avoid eip/esp address truncations Debian #846361 * ps: recognizes SCHED_DEADLINE as valid CPU scheduler * ps: display NUMA node under which a thread ran issue #58 * ps: Add seconds display for cputime and time merge #43 * ps: Add LUID field merge #57 Redhat #1518986 * sysctl: Permit empty string for value issue #74 * sysctl: Don't segv when file not available issue #76 * sysctl: Read and write large buffers merge #56 * top: add config file support for XDG specification * top: eliminated minor libnuma memory leak * top: show fewer memory decimal places (configurable) issue #50 * top: provide command line switch for memory scaling Redhat #1034466, issue #53 * top: provide command line switch for CPU States issue #55 * top: provides more accurate cpu usage at startup Redhat #1182327 * top: display NUMA node under which a thread ran issue #58 * top: fix argument parsing quirk resulting in SEGV Redhat #1450429 * top: delay interval accepts non-locale radix point Redhat #1182248 * top: address a wishlist man page NLS suggestion Debian #865689 * top: fix potential distortion in 'Mem' graph display issue #64 * top: provide proper multi-byte string handling issue #68 * top: startup defaults are fully customizable Redhat #1153049, #1499410, issues #6, #78 * see man page 6c. SYSTEM Configuration File * watch: define HOST_NAME_MAX where not defined Debian #830734 * vmstat: Fix alignment for disk partition format issue #69 * watch: Support ANSI 39,49 reset sequences issue #73 procps-ng-3.3.12 ---------------- * libprocps API 6:0:0 * build: formerly optional --enable-oomem unconditional * free: man document rewritten for shared Debian #755233 * free: interpret intervals in non-locale way Debian #692113 * kill: report error if cannot kill process Debian #733172 * library: refine calculation of 'cached' memory * library: find tty quicker Debian #770215 * library: eliminate threads display inconsistencies Redhat #1284091 * pidof: check cmd if space found in argv0 * pmap: fixed detail parsing on long mapping lines * pmap: fix occasional incorrect memory usage values Redhat #1262864 * ps: sort by cgroup Debian #692279 * ps: display control group name with -o cgname * ps: fallback to attr/current for context Debian #786956 * ps: enabled broken 'thcount' option Redhat #1174313 * tests: conditionally add prctl Debian #816237 * top: displays the 3 new linux-4.5 RES memory fields * top: man page memory fields corrected + new narrative * top: added display of CGNAME (control group name) * top: is now more responsive to cpus brought online * top: namespace cols use suppressible zero * top: zero suppress ('0') includes out-of-memory & nice * top: better 'i' toggle management when scrolled * top: the '=' key now includes active locate requests * vmstat: devices exceeding 15 chars now displayed Redhat #586078 * watch: hostname added to header * watch: better handling ANSI including esc[m Debian #830313 * watch: use locale-independent float Debian #692113 procps-ng-3.3.11 ---------------- * libprocps API 5:0:0 * pgrep: don't crash with -a -w flags. Merge 33, Debian #768190 * skill: command line with signal number interpreted correctly * pmap: print process name even if smaps is unreadable Debian #775624 * ps: sort by etimes column, uses etime Debian #794619 * ps, top: Add support for LXC containers. Ubuntu #1174911 * w: work with smaller window sizes Debian #183394 * w: correctly find "best" proc with pid wrap * library: use merged systemd library Debian #731256 * kill,skill,pkill: fix option parsing * top once again will fully honor a saved rcfile, without requiring --disable-modern-top. Debian #762928, #762947 * vmstat: Not crash if partition appears before disk Debian #736628 * free: -s without -c works Debian #733758 procps-ng-3.3.10 ---------------- * sysctl --system loads default config file - Debian #732920 * ps doesn't exit on SIGCONT * top better accommodates discontinuous NUMA nodes * ps cmdline trailing spaces suppressed under zsh, redhat #1057600 * kill restores the '-HUP -1' functionality * vmstat -d / -p segfault eliminated when /sys is not mounted * pgrep properly shows full command line when -au are combined * vmstat supports timestamps with -t/--timestamp option * top is now immune to distortions when system time is reset * top standardized the <Esc> key support with prompted input * top missing summary area info added to man document, ubuntu #574624 * top properly responds to the current locale LC_NUMERIC setting * top provides alternate graph modes for cpu states and memory usage * top offers new startup defaults, plus ./configure --disable-modern-top * top exploits MemAvailable field and offers improved memory statistics * ps new --quick-pid option, a more efficient alternative to --pid option * usernames up to 32 characters now accommodated (up from 19), redhat #1112734 * free exploits MemAvailable field and offers improved memory statistics * free considers slabs in displayed totals, debian #565518, ubuntu #126329 * watch supports new ANSI styles and background colors procps-ng-3.3.9 --------------- * kernel namespaces support added to skill, pgrep, ps and top * pidof was reimplemented from scratch (replacing sysvinit pidof) * ps has configurable libselinux support (--enable-libselinux) * ps provides for display of systemd slice unit (--with-systemd) * free can once again report non-zero 'shared' memory * sysctl provides '--system' to ignore missing /etc/sysctl.conf * watch interval capacity was increased - debian #720445 * pwdx no longer fails in a nonexistent locale - debian #718766 * top clarified summary area Mem/Swap stats - debian #718670 * top batch mode -w (width) abend fixed - debian #721204 * top man page removed 'Bd/Ed' mdoc macros - debian #725713 * top no longer clears screen at exit - redhat #977561 * top adapted to potential libnuma stderr message - redhat #998678 * top added missing batch mode newline - redhat #1008674 procps-ng-3.3.8 --------------- * top adds extensions for linux NUMA/Node capability * top has reverted to former %CPU and %MEM precision but also provides a '--enable-wide-percent' option Debian #707648 * eliminate the potential library segmentation fault Debian #706259, RedHat #951391 * top now accommodates a window manager like 'screen' RedHat #962022 * ps shows systemd unit and user unit for a process procps-ng-3.3.7 --------------- * top adds a powerful new filter feature wherein any window can include or exlude selected fields which contain specific values - Debian #682082 & #682083 * top preserves user input for later recall and edit * top provides true input editing vs. just backspace * top user filtering with exclusion - Debian #682086 * top field management resize errors no longer fatal * top is more responsive to window resize (SIGWINCH) * top will now preserve user's context when signaled procps-ng-3.3.6 --------------- * top adds a powerful new feature where the contents of some file or output from a program, pipeline or shell script can be viewed in its own scrollable & searchable window while pausing the normal display * top highlights matches with 'locate/next' commands * top adds summary/task area memory scaling commands * top adds a command to suppress insignificant zeros * top adds a command line sort field override switch * top provides a default PID for kill, nice commands * top allows core dump generation, if a signal would * pmap adds 2 new options based on smaps, -X and -XX * Adjusted pmap pidlist storage Debian #688180 * programs will permit core-dumps RedHat #87825, 512857 * receiving a signal is not a crash RedHat #871824, 441656 * ps: Fixed negative etime RedHat #871819, #433266 * pkill -c option returns Debian #693783 * pmap uses correct types for memory allocation Debian #688180 * expose freeproc, adds function to API Debian #681653 procps-ng-3.3.5 --------------- * Bumped SONAME to take into acccount API change procps-ng-3.3.4 --------------- * Removed ps -aux bogus message * w get -i option to display IP addresses * watch 8bit fixes Debian #675069 * Fixed FTBFS for non-linux Debian #677055 * pkill -u <uid> doesn't need space Debian #676239 * top enables intra-column horizontal scrolling * top can display a task's environment * top can display major/minor pg fault deltas, Debian ##84992 * top provides additional control over column widths * top offers user controlled left/right justification procps-ng-3.3.3 --------------- * watch -g command repeats until something changes * Changed labels of kB etc to KiB Debian #662786 * top supports hotplugged memory and cpus Debian #351934, #459287 * top %cpu not distorted when switch to/from threads Debian #441166 * top can read old toprc configuration files Debian #651213, #651863 * top supports input paste once again Debian #663334 * top -p avoids SEGV when pid doesn't exist Debian 668335 * Various DejaGNU test cases fixed * pgrep.1 graoff syntax fix Debian #665425 * sysctl avoid crash when -p file has unexpected input * sysctl .conf off-by-one error Debian #669128 * libprocps: protect locale env getting overwrite RedHat #548711 * Documentation catch up (fixed prior to 3.3.3) . top repeating "%" wastes space Debian #322984 . top -U user name parse error Debian #623200 . top memory leaks Debian #627257 . top impossible task swap statistics Debian #628462 . top forest view segfault Debian #650864 procps-ng-3.3.1 --> procps-ng-3.3.2 -------------------------------- * Redefined library to use version-info * NLS added! Programs can use po files to localise the output to suite any supported languages. * Imported a bunch of distribution patches: watch: support unicode watch: add precision wait time option -p watch: interpret ANSI color code sequences watch: add -exec and -beep flags and has better quoting w: use environment to set user and from/host column widths w: use COLUMNS environment if TIOCGWINSZ fails w: bassman emulation with -o option vmstat: do not scale si/so just like bi/bo libprocps-ng: sysinfo.c: truncate the vmstat figure to 32 bits tload: remote unneeded optarg and optind variables sysctl: fix up some option processing skill: kill prints perror skill: do not treat skill null parameter as 0 skill: fix too greedy option parser libprocps-ng: readproc.c: some type conversion help ps: rename SZ to SIZE ps: add sorting to %mem for ps pmap: provide information for -x option pgrep: distinguish between invalid commandline parameters and '-?' pgrep: fix compiler warning saved_start_time might be used uninitialized pgrep: add -c option for counting number of matched proceesses pwdx & libprocps-ng: Hurd does not have MAX_PATH defined ps: --sort does not work with time argument skill: add CR to warning line contrib: minimal ps: define mips PAGE_SIZE libproc-ng: prettyfy proc mount messages ps: add build option to disable ps option warning libproc-ng: support building without WCHAR support sysctl: remove index() for buildroot * top now has a search capability * User import is validated better to stop negative values for intervals etc procps-ng-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://gitlab.com/procps-ng/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://gitlab.com/procps-ng/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 (SELinux, 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