Bug 33292

Summary:	pwait not available, despite pkill and pgrep are available
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Raoul <raoul.behrend>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Normal
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Description Raoul 2024-06-12 10:17:30 CEST

pgrep, pkill and pwait commands are closely related 

But on my uptodate Mageia 9 for x86_64, only the two first commands are available in a terminal session. How to access pwait ?

Comment 1 sturmvogel 2024-06-12 13:37:22 CEST

It is /usr/bin/pidwait

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => WORKSFORME

Comment 2 Raoul 2024-06-12 14:17:10 CEST

OK. Fine, thank you ! pidwait is available

But let's see the filrst lines of some man pages:

man pgrep :
NOM
       pgrep, pkill, pwait - look up, signal, or wait for processes based on name and other attributes

man pwait :
NOM
       pgrep, pkill, pwait - look up, signal, or wait for processes based on name and other attributes

man pidwait :
NAME
       pgrep, pkill, pidwait - look up, signal, or wait for processes based on name and other attributes

I think something is not logic in the man pages, dont't you ?
pwait should never be mentionned.

Cheers, Raoul

Comment 3 sturmvogel 2024-06-12 18:22:38 CEST

You need to report this upstream. The same man pages are used on other linux distributions which use the package...

Comment 4 Raoul 2024-06-13 23:28:39 CEST

Hello,

I'm afraid that it's above my competence's level in this domain...

Cheers, Raoul