[Bug 1664535] Re: critical bug in top command package procps

[Pieter Steyn]

Hi again,

I've done some digging and this is a known/fixed bug in procps version
3.3.10.

This is not backported to the latest 14.04.x in Ubuntu, and I believe it
to be a severe enough bug to warrant such efforts.

FYI:

http://www.freelists.org/post/procps/top-Escape-doesnt-abort-kill-
command,1

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Title:
  critical bug in top command package procps

Status in procps package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I think I've discovered a bug in the linux top command.  (Ubuntu 14.04
  tested only)

  Steps to reproduce:

  $ top
  press k
  it then prompts for PID or selects top process by default
  press the esc key
  press esc key again

  Result:

  it kills the process anyway

  It's weird to me that the escape key is also seen as confirmation,
  though I should have probably used ctrl+c, it does not feel right.

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