Subject: bug#29968: Was "ps ef" intending to be "ps -ef"?

From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 13:31:37 -0800

On 01/03/2018 01:09 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
> -  cmds_='date; date +%N; free; who -a; w; ps auxww; ps ef'
> +  cmds_='date; date +%N; free; who -a; w; ps auxww; ps -ef'

Thanks, I installed that, along with similar fixes to build-aux/mktempd.

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From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 13:29:49 -0800
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* tests/init.sh (rand_bytes_): Put ‘-’ before new-style ps options.
Suggested by Bob Proulx (Bug#29968).
* build-aux/mktempd (rand_bytes): Make it like tests/init.sh.
---
 ChangeLog         | 7 +++++++
 build-aux/mktempd | 2 +-
 tests/init.sh     | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ea6e730a4..9a95c8ffc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2018-01-03  Paul Eggert  <[email-masked]>
+
+	test-framework-sh: ‘ps -ef’, not ‘ps ef’
+	* tests/init.sh (rand_bytes_): Put ‘-’ before new-style ps options.
+	Suggested by Bob Proulx (Bug#29968).
+	* build-aux/mktempd (rand_bytes): Make it like tests/init.sh.
+
 2018-01-02  Eric Blake  <[email-masked]>
 
 	stat-time: silence -Wunused-parameter regression
diff --git a/build-aux/mktempd b/build-aux/mktempd
index 7c9d7d683..afa4c22a3 100755
--- a/build-aux/mktempd
+++ b/build-aux/mktempd
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ rand_bytes()
     return
   fi
 
-  cmds='date; date +%N; free; who -a; w; ps auxww; ps ef; netstat -n'
+  cmds='date; date +%N; free; who -a; w; ps auxww; ps -ef'
   data=` (eval "$cmds") 2>&1 | gzip `
 
   n_plus_50=`expr $n + 50`
diff --git a/tests/init.sh b/tests/init.sh
index 13c1fa4b0..93d14f5ae 100644
--- a/tests/init.sh
+++ b/tests/init.sh
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ rand_bytes_ ()
   fi
 
   n_plus_50_=`expr $n_ + 50`
-  cmds_='date; date +%N; free; who -a; w; ps auxww; ps ef'
+  cmds_='date; date +%N; free; who -a; w; ps auxww; ps -ef'
   data_=` (eval "$cmds_") 2>&1 | gzip `
 
   # Ensure that $data_ has length at least 50+$n_
-- 
2.14.3