[procps] kill(1) consolidation
- From: Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: procps-ng <procps@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:30:49 +0200
Hi guys,
I'd like to consolidate kill(1). The currently available and in
distros used implementations are from procps and util-linux (let's
ignore things like shell, ..etc).
The current situation:
- confusing for users
- we duplicate our effort
- very basic util is not compatible in all distros (for example
util-linux version supports RT signals and sigqueue(2), procps
version provides -L option)
What about to drop kill(1) from procps-ng?
From my point of view it seems better to have command line wrappers
for basic syscalls like kill(2) in util-linux and utils for work with
/proc in procps. There is no relation between kill(1) and /proc.
It seems that all what is necessary is only to remove or #ifdef the
function kill_main() from skill.c and add -L to util-linux.
Comments?
Karel
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