Debian bug report logs - #1246 ps man page does not agree with implementation Package: procps ; Reported by: richard@elmail.co.uk (Richard Kettlewell); 79 days old . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From elmail.co.uk!richard Sun Aug 13 10:35:41 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0shgwm-000DBTC; Sun, 13 Aug 95 10:35 PDT Received: from post.elmail.co.uk (tlingit.elmail.co.uk) by pixar.com with SMTP id AA23735 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sun, 13 Aug 1995 10:35:26 -0700 Received: from sfere.elmail.co.uk by post.elmail.co.uk (ElectricMail-MESSAGE-2.0-BETA+) id SAA28572; Sun, 13 Aug 1995 18:31:42 +0100 Received: by sfere.elmail.co.uk id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Sun, 13 Aug 95 17:35 BST Date: Sun, 13 Aug 95 17:35 BST From: richard@elmail.co.uk (Richard Kettlewell) Message-Id: <808331570.4781@sfere.elmail.co.uk> To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: ps man page does not agree with implementation Package: procps Version: 0.97-4 man ps does not mention the 'g' option. sfere:richard$ ps g PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 4303 pp0 S 0:03 -bash 4319 pp1 S 0:00 (emacsserver) 4320 pp1 S 0:00 (emacsserver) 4321 pp1 S 0:00 (emacsserver) 4688 pp2 SW 0:00 (bash) 4791 pp0 R 0:00 ps g sfere:richard$ ps z usage: ps -acehjlnrsSuvwx{t|#|O[-]u[-]U..} \ --sort:[-]key1,[-]key2,... --help gives you this message sfere:richard$ The g option should be mentioned in the man page as an option ignored for compatibility and should describe its function on other systems. ttfn/rjk ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to richard@elmail.co.uk (Richard Kettlewell) : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1246 ; Package procps . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov