/bin/kill not compatible with redhat/opensuse
Bug #141168 reported by
plord
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| coreutils (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: coreutils
Ubuntu ships /bin/kill from the procps package whilst other distributions ( such as redhat and opensuse ) use /bin/kill from coreutils.
In most cases this doesn't matter, but the two commands do behave differently, especially in the use of process groups and the "--" option.
For compatibility between distributions, can we have /bin/kill made available from coreutils ?
Revision history for this message
| C de-Avillez (hggdh2) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in coreutils: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | New → Triaged |
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Although compatibility between Linux distributions is important, methinks compatibility within Ubuntu is even more so. Nevertheless, I am setting as triaged for the maintainers to chirp in and give a final answer.
Note that the basic behaviour -- to kill a process with a specific signal -- is very similar: 'kill -(<signal>|s <signal>)', with coreutils also accepting a longform "--signal <signal>". The real changes are for listing the available signals.