[procps] Re: rhbz#737215 - ps does not resolve some user names
- From: Craig Small <csmall-procps@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: procps@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:27:50 +1000
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 10:55:57AM -0400, Jaromir Capik wrote:
> We could warn users by putting some symbol ('*' or '>' for example)
> at the end of the column if the value is too long to fit.
Yes, that is definitely required for the change.
> I don't know if I remember correctly, but I think I've closed
> more bugs like that in the past and that's why I became
> convinced it's a good candidate for a change.
I've been the Debian maintainer of procps for almost 15 years and I've
seen plenty of these. Not quite up there with "(shell) kill doesn't
do the commands for (procps) kill" but close.
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