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@@ -0,0 +1,882 @@ +procps-ng-4.0.4 +--------------- + * library (API & ABI unchanged) + increment revision: 0:2:0 + tolerates all potential 'cpuinfo' formats issue #272 + restore the proper main thread tics valuations issue #280 + Remove myself from proc count merge #193 + Refactor the escape code Debian #1035649 + * free: -L one line output issue #156 + * pgrep: Use only --signal option for signal Debian #1031765 + * pgrep: suppress >15 warning if using regex Debian #1037450 + * pidof: Add -t option to show threads merge #190 + * pmap: Reset totals between processes issue #298 + * ps: fixed missing or corrupted fields with -m option Debian #1036631, issue #279 + * ps: Fix buffer overflow in -C option CVE-2023-4016 Debian #1042887, issue #297 + * ps: Add --signames to show signal names in masks merge #98 + * sysctl: -N show names merge #198, RH #2222056 + * tests: dont compare floats with == issue #271 + * tests: skips tests if maps missing merge #197, Gentoo #583036 + * top: bad command line arguments yield EXIT_FAILURE issue #273 + * top: avoids keystroke induced '%Cpu' distortions + * top: includes VM (guest) tics in 'system' overhead issue #274 + * top: includes VM (guest) tics with '!' toggle merge #179 + * top: lessen summary cpu distortions on first display merge #180 + * top: better backspace handling wtth line edits issue #278 + * vmstat: Print guest time in non-wide mode + * w: Fix musl UT_HOSTSIZE issue + * watch: Add color support at compile time issue #296 + +procps-ng-4.0.3 +--------------- + * library + Only changes were in copyright headers and tests + * docs: Don't install English manpages twice + * pgrep: Add -H match on userspace signal handler merge #165 + * pgrep: make --terminal respect other criteria + * ps: c flag shows command name again Debian #1026326 + * ps.1: Match drs description from top.1 merge #156 + * skill: Match on -p again Debian #1025915 + * top: E/P-core toggle ('5' key) added to help + * vmstat: Referesh memory statistics Debian #1027963 + * vmstat: Fix initial si,so,bi,bo,in & cs values issue #15 + Debian #668580 + * vmstat: Fix conversion errors due to precision merge #75 + * w: Add --pids option merge #159 + * watch: Pass through beep issue #104 + * watch: -r option to not re-exec on SIGWINCH merge #125 + * watch: find eol with --no-linewrap merge #157 + +procps-ng-4.0.2 +--------------- + * library revision - 0:1:0 + Handle absent 'core_id' in /proc/cpuinfo + * w: Show time with D_TIME_BITS=64 on 32bit env issue #256 + +procps-ng-4.0.1 +--------------- + * library + Re-add elogind support merge #151 + Used memory is Total - Available + Renaming, it is now libproc2 + * free: Use --kilo when only specifying --si merge #163 + * pgrep: Add -A to ignore ancestors merge #160 + * pidwait: Better warning if pidfd_open not implemented + * pmap: Dont reuse stdin filehandle issue #231 + * ps: threads again display when -L is used with -q issue #234 + * ps: proper aix format string behavior was restored + * sysctl: print dotted keys again + * top: fix 'smaps' bug preventing build under clang issue #235 + * top: column highlighting allowed under 'L' or 'O' + * top: can alter autogroup nice value (like 'r' renice) + * top: can display the following with no need to scroll + * cmdline, control groups, environment, + supplimentary groups, namespaces + * top: adds a 'message log' recall capability + * top: will accept utf8 multi-byte input with support + for full line editing and previous line recall + * top: can show more than 2 abreast in summary display + * top: can distinguish P-Core and E-core cpus + * top: can filter both P-Core and E-core cpus + * watch: Add equexit no-change and exit option merge #153 + +procps-ng-4.0.0 +--------------- + * Rename pwait to pidwait + * free: Add committed line option merge #25 + * free: Fix -h --si combined options issue #133, #223 + * free: Fix first column justification issue #229, #204, #206, Debian #1001689 + * free: Better spacing for Chinese language issue #213 + * library: renamed to libproc-2 and reset to 0:0:0 + * library: add support for accessing smaps_rollup issue #112, #201 + * library: add support for accessing autogroups + * library: add support for LIBPROC_HIDE_KERNEL env var merge #147 + * library: add support for cpu utilization to pids i/f + * pkill: Check for lt- variants of program name issue #192 + * pgrep: Add newline after regex error message merge #91 + * pgrep: Fix selection where uid/gid > 2^31 merge !146 + * pgrep: Select on cgroup v2 paths issue #168 + * ps: Add OOM and OOMADJ fields issue #198 + * ps: Add IO Accounting fields issue #184 + * ps: Add PSS and USS fields issue #112 + * ps: Add two new autogroup fields + * ps: Ignore SIGURG merge !142 + * slabtop: Don't combine d and o options issue #160 + * sysctl: Add support for systemd glob patterns issue #191 + * sysctl: Check resolved path to be under /proc/sys issue #179 + * sysctl: return non-zero if EINVAL return for write merge #76 + * sysctl.conf.5: Note max line length issue #77 + * top: added LOGID similar to 3.3.13 ps LUID + * top: added EXE identical to 3.3.17 ps EXE + * top: exploit some library smaps_rollup provisions issue #112 + * top: added four new IO accounting fields issue #184 + * top: 'F' key is now a new forest view 'focus' toggle + * top: summary area memory lines can print two abreast + * top: added two new autogroup fields + * top: added long versions of command line options + * top: added cpu utilization & 2 time related fields + * top: the time related fields can now be user scaled + * uptime: print short/pretty format correctly issue #217 + * vmstat: add -y option to remove first line merge !72 + +procps-ng-3.3.17 +--------------- + * library: Incremented to 8:3:0 + (no removals or additions, internal changes only) + * all: properly handle utf8 cmdline translations issue #176 + * kill: Pass int to signalled process merge #32 + * pgrep: Pass int to signalled process merge #32 + * pgrep: Check sanity of SG_ARG_MAX issue #152 + * pgrep: Add older than selection merge #79 + * pidof: Quiet mode merge #83 + * pidof: show worker threads Redhat #1803640 + * ps.1: Mention stime alias issue #164 + * ps: check also match on truncated 16 char comm names + * ps: Add exe output option Redhat #1399206 + * pwait: New command waits for a process merge #97 + * sysctl: Match systemd directory order Debian #950788 + * sysctl: Document directory order Debian #951550 + * top: ensure config file backward compatibility Debian #951335 + * top: add command line 'e' for symmetry with 'E' issue #165 + * top: add '4' toggle for two abreast cpu display issue #172 + * top: add '!' toggle for combining multiple cpus + * top: fix potential SEGV involving -p switch merge #114 + * vmstat: Wide mode gives wider proc columns merge #48 + * watch: Add environment variable for interval merge #62 + * watch: Add no linewrap option issue #182 + * watch: Support more colors merge #106,#109 + * free,uptime,slabtop: complain about extra ops issue #181 + +procps-ng-3.3.16 +---------------- + * docs: Use correct symbols for -h option in free.1 Debian #898774 + * docs: ps.1 now warns about command name length issue #101 + * pgrep: Match on runstate issue #109, Debian #919381 + * top: can now exploit 256-color terminals issue #96 + * top: preserves 'other filters' in configuration file issue #99 + * top: can now collapse/expand forest view children issue #99 + * top: parent %CPU time includes collapsed children + * top: improve xterm support for vim navigation keys issue #135 + * top: avoid segmentation fault at program termination Redhat #1737552 + +procps-ng-3.3.15 +---------------- + * library: Increment to 8:0:1 + No removals, no new functions + Changes: slab and pid structures + * library: Just check for SIGLOST and don't delete it issue #93 + * library: Fix integer overflow and LPE in file2strvec CVE-2018-1124 + * library: Use size_t for alloc functions CVE-2018-1126 + * library: Increase comm size to 64 + * pgrep: Fix stack-based buffer overflow CVE-2018-1125 + * pgrep: Remove >15 warning as comm can be longer issue #92 + * ps: Fix buffer overflow in output buffer, causing DOS CVE-2018-1123 + * ps: Increase command name selection field to 64 + * top: Don't use cwd for location of config CVE-2018-1122 + +procps-ng-3.3.14 +---------------- + * free: Fix scaling on 32-bit systems issue #89 + * pgrep: Don't segfault on non match Debian #894917 + * pgrep/pkill: Revert so matches all namespaces issue #91 + * 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 |