Hello Helmut, Thankyou for your bug report. git bisect analysis shows that upstream commit 52673d2fc7e012f5134cdfafb6d319450b3a40a3 [1] is the cause of your problem as reported; or is for at least the -p option. I must admit having an initial look at this commit, nothing stands out that says "this is a problem", but here we are. It will need some further checking to see why it is breaking skill.
- Craig 1: https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/commit/52673d2fc7e012f5134cdfafb6d319450b3a40a3 On Wed, 11 Jul 2018 at 16:12 Helmut Grohne <hel...@subdivi.de> wrote: > Package: procps > Version: 2:3.3.15-2 > Severity: important > > snice/skill don't seem to work at all here anymore. Dowgrading to > 2:3.3.12-4 fixes the problems. Let me give some examples: > > * Command: sh -c 'skill -p $$; echo still alive' > Expected outcome: "Terminated" > Actual outcome: "still alive" > > * Command: sh -c 'snice +1 -v -c perl' > Expected outcome: nicing the one perl process started on the other > terminal > Actual outcome: no output, no effect > > * Command: skill -v -u someuser (as root) > Expected outcome: killing all processes of that user > Actual outcome: no output, processes continue to live > > Helmut > -- Craig Small https://dropbear.xyz/ csmall at : dropbear.xyz Debian GNU/Linux https://www.debian.org/ csmall at : debian.org Mastodon: @smalls...@social.dropbear.xyz Twitter: @smallsees GPG fingerprint: 5D2F B320 B825 D939 04D2 0519 3938 F96B DF50 FEA5
