Please see message #44 in the following closed debian bug report: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=627257
The memory leak you've experienced was eliminated with the advent procps-ng release 3.3.0. Trusty 14.04 is now using procps-ng release 3.3.9. Regards. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #627257 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=627257 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/743350 Title: top appears to leak memory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procps/+bug/743350/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs