apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcEnviron.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1079856/+attachment/3512637/+files/ProcEnviron.txt
** Description changed: - The manpage still recommends people download and compile smemcap, can you update the manpage to reflect that smemcap is already present? - --- - ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10 - Architecture: amd64 - DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 - InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-14 (50 days ago) - InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) - MarkForUpload: True - NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx - Package: smem 1.0-1 - PackageArchitecture: all - ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35-generic 3.5.7.2 - Tags: quantal running-unity - Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic x86_64 - UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) - UserGroups: sudo vboxusers + The manpage still recommends people download and compile smemcap, can + you update the manpage to reflect that smemcap is already present? + + EDIT: Here is what the manpage says about smemcap, none of part about + download+compile is required anymore. + + EMBEDDED USAGE + To capture memory statistics on resource-constrained systems, the the + smem source includes a utility named smemcap. smemcap captures all + /proc entries required by smem and outputs them as an uncompressed .tar + file to STDOUT. smem can analyze the output using the --source option. + smemcap is small and does not require Python. + + To use smemcap: + + 1. Obtain the smem source at http://selenic.com/repo/smem + + 2. Compile smemcap.c for your target system. + + 3. Run smemcap on the target system and save the output: + smemcap > memorycapture.tar + + 4. Copy the output to another machine and run smem on it: + smem -S memorycapture.tar -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1079856 Title: please update manpage to reflect that smemcap is in the package already To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/smem/+bug/1079856/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
