[Bug 1077796] Re: /bin/kill no longer works with negative PID

[Michael Selig]

/bin/kill --version
==>
kill from procps-ng 3.3.3

This is from Ubuntu 13.04. When I reported the bug originally it was on
12.10 (which I no longer use). However the bug is still there on 13.04,
unfortunately.

PS: Why has it taken over 8 months for this bug to be acknowledged? I
thought it must have vanished into the bug black hole.

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Title:
  /bin/kill no longer works with negative PID

Status in “coreutils” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Incorrectly gives a usage message, eg:

  /bin/kill -1 -4321
  ==>
  /bin/kill: invalid option -- '4'

  A workaround appears to be to use "--" before the PID, but this is
  unsatisfactory, as existing scripts would have to be modified when
  they shouldn't have to be.

  This problem has only appeared recently in 12.10.

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