** Changed in: psmisc (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
** Description changed:
+ [Impact]
+
+ Uppercase signal names are no longer accepted by killall; only lowercase
+ signal names are accepted. The documentation still shows signal names in
+ uppercase.
+
+ This is a regression as of bionic.
+
+ [Test Case]
+
+ # killall -int asdf
+ asdf: no process found
+ # killall -INT asdf
+ Usage: killall [ -Z CONTEXT ] [ -u USER ] [ -y TIME ] [ -o TIME ] [ -eIgiqrvw
]
+ [ -s SIGNAL | -SIGNAL ] NAME...
+
+ [Regression Potential]
+
+ This is a regression, and so there would be no regression potential in a
+ fix.
+
+ [Original Description]
+
Newer versions of killall (Ubuntu 18.04+) display usage when the signal
is passed like:
killall -INT <name>
and instead require it to be passed as:
killall -int <name>
In previous versions from Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04, this doesn't happen.
Is this a bug or a feature change? If so perhaps it should be noted in
the usage information? The man page suggests capitals with "-SIGNAL".
but that doesn't work any more.
Hamish
** Changed in: psmisc (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => High
** Tags added: server-next
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Newer versions of killall (Ubuntu 18.04+) fail when signal specified
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