Overview: The output of busybox ps omits whitespace between the pid and username for processes with 6 digit pids only. Steps to reproduce: Run busybox ps on a system with pids >99999, such as debian bullseye. Actual results: # busybox ps 4255 mrc /bin/bash 18577 root {cron} /usr/sbin/CRON -f 60890 mrc tr -d % 103236root {cron} /usr/sbin/CRON -f 600177mrc /bin/bash 1456558 mrc /bin/bash Expected results: One or more whitespace characters after the pid and before the username.
What version this is? commit 3106784e654e7443ab724d927f9de0230adbe5ac Date: Fri May 3 09:49:56 2019 +0200 ps: ensure fields are separated by at least one space, closes 11826
The version in debian bullseye is 1.30.1. A bit surprising that the version wasn't bumped between buster and bullseye. I think buster had a lower max pid so maybe this issue wasn't apparent on that version. In any case, looks like the bug has been fixed, thanks.