README for Debian package of procps
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ipv6 sysctl keys
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Modern Debian kernel packages have the IPv6 module compiled in by default.
This means that the /proc/sys/net/ipv6 directory exists when the procps
startup script runs.

However if you make your own kernel then you may make ipv6 a module and
get a race condition between the netbase and procps startup scripts. This
is because netbase, by default, causes ipv6 module to be loaded but
they don't (and cannot) depend on each-other.

The solution is to either:
- Not put ipv6 keys into /etc/sysctl.d/* or /etc/sysctl.conf
- Compile the ipv6 module into the kernel
- Load the module early by putting ipv6 into /etc/modules
- Make a init script dependency by adding netbase to the Required-Start
line in /etc/init.d/procps

pgrep
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pgrep is a new program, using the Unix standard name for something that
greps for processes. If you are looking for Perl compatible regular
expression grep, it is called pcregrep.

forks
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Procps upstream is forked. This one comes from procps.sf.net I'm really
not interested when the others have new versions so please don't bug me about
it. However if you see something neat in the others and would like it in
the Debian one, report a *wishlist* level bug about it.

Craig Small <[email protected]>