[Bug 1075867] [NEW] skill is broken in 12.10

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Public bug reported:

The command skill doesn't work in 12.10 anymore.

skill -KILL -t <term> -u <user> used to work in 12.04, after the upgrade
to 12.10 this is no longer the case. Replacing skill with pkill while
maintaining the exact same command line options worked though.

Probably not a big deal as skill's own manual page is not exactly in
favor of the command and already recommends the alternative pkill
("These tools are obsolete and unportable.  The command syntax is poorly
defined.  Consider using the killall, pkill, and pgrep commands
instead").

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: procps 1:3.3.3-2ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Nov  7 07:34:20 2012
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-16 (174 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: procps
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-20 (17 days ago)

** Affects: procps (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal

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Title:
  skill is broken in 12.10

Status in “procps” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The command skill doesn't work in 12.10 anymore.

  skill -KILL -t <term> -u <user> used to work in 12.04, after the
  upgrade to 12.10 this is no longer the case. Replacing skill with
  pkill while maintaining the exact same command line options worked
  though.

  Probably not a big deal as skill's own manual page is not exactly in
  favor of the command and already recommends the alternative pkill
  ("These tools are obsolete and unportable.  The command syntax is
  poorly defined.  Consider using the killall, pkill, and pgrep commands
  instead").

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: procps 1:3.3.3-2ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Nov  7 07:34:20 2012
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-16 (174 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: procps
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-20 (17 days ago)

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