Tag: debian

  • procps 3.32 Debian packages

    Following up from the upstream release of a new procps, the Debian packages have also been updated. This upload has a significant change in that, I hope, procps is now multi-arch compliant. To make this happen, the libprocps library is now in it’s own package, separate from the binaries. It also means that if you…

  • procps-ng version 3.3.2 released

    procps-ng version 3.3.2 was released today.  This version fixes some bugs introduced in version 3.3.1 as well as a number of enhancements. Below is the most significant set of changes that 3.3.2 brings. NLS The most visible change is that procps-ng is now international.  The NLS changes took a long windy path but we got…

  • procps-ng 3.3.1 released

    Procps-ng, the Debian, Fedora and OpenSuSE fork of procps had another release today.  This is a bugfix release that fixes some important bugs that have cropped up in 3.3.0 pgrep crashes, pgrep -u not finding processes and a problem with top forest view have all been fixed. An important addition to this release is that…

  • New procps 3.3.0 for Debian

    Coming soon after the upstream procps 3.3.0 being released, the Debian packages have been uploaded tonight.  The Debian packages have had the added benefit of being a day late by having a tiny 2 line patch to stop pgrep from crashing. One regression that is on purpose, watch is currently not 8-bit clean again until…

  • procps-ng 3.3.0 Released

    Tonight procps-ng, a fork of procps by developers from Debian, Fedora and SuSE was released.  The main goal of the team for this release was to reduce the number of patches we all carry in our respective distributions and learn from each other.  As an added bonus, we had one of the original authors of…

  • ncurses library split

    The new ncurses library that is currently sitting in the NEW queue will have a significant change that, if we’ve done it right, should be an invisible change.  If we’ve got it wrong, then the BTS (and us) may be a little busy. What has happened is that the low-level terminfo library has been split…

  • psmisc 22.14 Released

    The upstream and Debian packages for psmisc version 22.14 were released tonight.  This version has a lot of bugfixes.  I’ve also taken some time to clean up some of the minor compile warnings I used to get which were mainly variables set but not used. Two bugs that I’ll concentrate on getting fixed for the…

  • Debian Linux on HP DV6-6023TX

    It was time to update my creaking old laptop.  I ordered HP6-6023TX online and after a few days it arrived just before a long weekend. I first backed up Windows 7 onto a set of DVDs and found that either my blank DVDs are old or this new DVD drive is far more fussy. There…

  • Gjay 0.3.2 released

    After getting past a series of silly errors gjay version 0.3.2 is now available.  The source code was uploaded to SourceForge and the Debian package has been uploaded to the FTP master site. This version fixes the linking bug that have been extensively reported in a lot of Debian packages.  This is where you are…

  • JFFNMS at RC2, ncurses at 5.8

    After some reports back about [JFFNMS](http://www.jffnms.org/) 0.9.0rc1 I have now updated it to rc2. Thanks for all who gave me information about how it worked in YOUR setup.  I cannot be sure but I’d say the second RC will be the last until the release itself. Sven has also given me the nod and ncurses…