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#224
[Procps package] ["free" command] "Old" output is now the only one without notice
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bug#224; Package procps.
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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.devuan.org (full text, mbox, reply):
Package: Procps
Version: 2:3.3.12-3+devuan2.1
I've got a script using the line "buffers/cache" that free used to
output, in Devuan Jessie for example. In the manual page, a "-o"/"--old"
option is said to delete this line.
And after upgrading to Devuan Ascii, the script doesn't work anymore: I
then found that now free behave like if "-o" was always enabled. What's
that??? If it's an old output, why should it be default now? And what
about all scripts broke by that change that isn't notified in the
release notes??? Moreover, the man page isn't up to date, still talking
about the old behavior.
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to Arne Wichmann <aw@old-forest.org>:
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Message #10 received at 224-done@bugs.devuan.org (full text, mbox, reply):
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Version: 2:3.3.15-2+devuan1
Package: Procps
As far as I can see, the documentation of free does not talk about -o or
--old anymore. If I am blind, please reopen. ;)
cu
AW
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bug#224; Package procps.
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Message #15 received at 224@bugs.devuan.org (full text, mbox, reply):
Hi, If I'm not wrong, updating only the documentation doesn't solve the
main concern of this bug witch is a brokening-scripts-change in "free"
output
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Sincerely, Stephane Ascoet
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Message #20 received at 224@bugs.devuan.org (full text, mbox, reply):
On Mon, 2 Nov 2020 10:54:13 +0100
Stephane Ascoet <stephane.ascoet@univ-paris1.fr> wrote:
> Hi, If I'm not wrong, updating only the documentation doesn't solve
> the main concern of this bug witch is a brokening-scripts-change in
> "free" output
I think you should report this backward-incompatible change to the
upstream developers, as the devuan version of the free command comes
unmodified from the procps package
https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/blob/master/Documentation/bugs.md
the change was made 6 years ago, in 3 commits, which removed the -o
option and renamed -a to -w, in addition to a different output format
https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/-/commit/51cd57259aa752fd3b958f61d71e78b4ca7dbef6
as the procps backward-compatibility actually is not guaranteed, may be
it's better to read directly the /proc/meminfo file, as it would not
change in future releases
ciao!
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