Hi, have you tested it yourself or have you just made conclusion on a blog post?
howl:/# dpkg -l psmisc ii psmisc 22.14-1 utilities that use the proc file system howl:/# fuser /bin/bash; echo $? /bin/bash: 1398m 0 howl:/# fuser -s /bin/bash; echo $? 0 howl:/# fuser /tmp/foobar; echo $? 1 howl:/# fuser -s /tmp/foobar; echo $? 1 It seems to me that the fuser works as it should. If you don't think so, please provide a clear test case. Regards, Ondrej On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 20:20, <l...@mail.ljudmila.org> wrote: > hello! > > this issue is real and pretty dangerous to the stability of the system. > > fuser -s in version 22.14-1 has a bug, returning the wrong output value. > look at the blog post of maintainer here: > http://enc.com.au/2011/06/psmisc-22-14-released/ > > because of this the cron job in php5-common fails to delete old sessions. > after a few hours, this can lead to meltdown of server by running out of > memory and countless defunct fuser processes in process list > > these processes aditionally cause extra logging by atop daemon, which can > fill the /tmp partition quickly > > best, > LF > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pkg-php-maint mailing list > pkg-php-ma...@lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-php-maint > -- Ondřej Surý <ond...@sury.org> http://blog.rfc1925.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org