procps-ng 3.3.9

Procps version 3.3.9 was released today.  As there has been some API changes and fixes which means the library has changed again.  There is a fine balance between fixing or enhancing library functions and keeping the API stable, with the added problem it wasn’t a terribly good one to start with.

Besides the API change, the following changes were made:

  • 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

Tar file is at sourceforge at https://sourceforge.net/projects/procps-ng/files/Production/


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