Package: psmisc
Version: 22.11-1
Severity: minor
Squeeze system, up-to-date as of 5 minutes ago (but issue is present since
at least Debian 3.0, psmisc 20.2-2.1)
$ killall xx1 xx2 xx3 xx4 xx5 xx6 xx7 xx8 xx9 xx10 xx11 xx12 xx13 xx14 \
xx15 xx16 xx17 xx18 xx19 xx20 xx21 xx22 xx23 xx24 xx25 xx26 xx27 xx28 \
xx29 xx30 xx31 xx32 xx33
xx1: no process found
xx2: no process found
xx3: no process found
xx4: no process found
xx5: no process found
xx6: no process found
xx7: no process found
xx8: no process found
xx9: no process found
xx10: no process found
xx11: no process found
xx12: no process found
xx13: no process found
xx14: no process found
xx15: no process found
xx16: no process found
xx17: no process found
xx18: no process found
xx19: no process found
xx20: no process found
xx21: no process found
xx22: no process found
xx23: no process found
xx24: no process found
xx25: no process found
xx26: no process found
xx27: no process found
xx28: no process found
xx29: no process found
xx30: no process found
xx31: no process found
xx32: no process found
xx33: no process found
$ killall xx1 xx2 xx3 xx4 xx5 xx6 xx7 xx8 xx9 xx10 xx11 xx12 xx13 xx14 \
xx15 xx16 xx17 xx18 xx19 xx20 xx21 xx22 xx23 xx24 xx25 xx26 xx27 xx28 \
xx29 xx30 xx31 xx32 xx33 xx34
Maximum number of names is 32
While this could preferably be converted to a neatly limitless operation,
I would suggest at least:
1) a clear note in the manpage; and
2) prefix of error message with "killall: " so people know what exactly
their long script is doing wrong; and
3) fixing the off-by-one.
Best regards,
Anne Bezemer
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