Public bug reported:
This is 20.04 after a do-release-upgrade
$ killall --version
killall (PSmisc) UNKNOWN
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butternut@butternut:/scratch/dujella/5,-8,s210,aux$ ps 2593054
PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
2593054 pts/16 R 9:52 /home/nfsworld/gnfs-batalov/gnfs-lasieve4I14e -r
snfs.30 -f 44850000 -c 150000
butternut@butternut:/scratch/dujella/5,-8,s210,aux$ pidof gnfs-lasieve4I19x
butternut@butternut:/scratch/dujella/5,-8,s210,aux$ killall -STOP
gnfs-lasieve4I19x
butternut@butternut:/scratch/dujella/5,-8,s210,aux$ ps 2593054
PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
2593054 pts/16 T 10:04 /home/nfsworld/gnfs-batalov/gnfs-lasieve4I14e -r
snfs.30 -f 44850000 -c 150000
So killall (but not pidof) seem to be matching on only the first 15
characters of the process name.
** Affects: psmisc (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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killall only matching first 15 characters of process name
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