killall -e should match process for very long names, but limits to 15 chars
Bug #1029564 reported by
Alexandru Zbarcea
This bug report was converted into a question: question #204272: killall -e should match process for very long names, but limits to 15 chars.
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| procps (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
Linux horus 3.2.0-26-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 14 17:49:24 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ ps -e | grep chromium
19025 ? 00:02:59 chromium-browse
!!! WITHOUT r (chromium-browser)
$ killall -e chromium-browser
chromium-browser: no process found
This bug happens after upgrading from 11.10
Revision history for this message
| Alexandru Zbarcea (zbarcea-a) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in procps (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
| status: | Invalid → New |
| Changed in procps (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
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although it seems duplicated to #295876, I thing that it is not, because this bug has to do only with "killall -e"
-e,--exact require exact match for very long names