[Bug 1082767] [NEW] Configure-time ps command truncates command names

[Gerald Combs]

Public bug reported:

It looks like the nagios-plugins package is configured with

  --with-ps-command="/bin/ps axwwo 'stat uid pid ppid vsz rss pcpu etime
comm args'"

Unfortunately using "comm" returns truncated command names (via
/proc/[pid]/status) which makes it difficult or impossible to use
check_procs -C. For example, "check_procs -C apache2" fails while
"check_procs -C apach" works. It looks like the package should be
configured with "cmd" or "command" (which use /proc/[pid]/cmdline)
instead, e.g.

  --with-ps-command="/bin/ps axwwo 'stat uid pid ppid vsz rss pcpu etime
command args'"

** Affects: nagios-plugins (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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  Configure-time ps command truncates command names

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