[Bug 1055551] Re: zsh can causes ps to generate error message

[taco]

I'm getting the same procps-ng error

$ ps
Signal 11 (SEGV) caught by ps (procps-ng version 3.3.3).
ps:display.c:59: please report this bug
$ dpkg --list procps
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                    Version          Architecture     Description
+++-=======================-================-================-====================================================
ii  procps                  1:3.3.3-2ubuntu5 amd64            /proc file system utilities
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 13.04
Release:	13.04
Codename:	raring

I found a Debian bug report for the same issue (I think).
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=704041

Can we move to the latest version of procps?

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #704041
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=704041

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Title:
  zsh can causes ps to generate error message

Status in “procps” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  (ps|grep foo;echo)
  Signal 18 (CONT) caught by ps (procps-ng version 3.3.3).
  ps:display.c:59: please report this bug

  
  (ps;echo)  # works
  (ps|grep foo) # works
  (ps|grep foo;echo) # fails

  This behaviour seems to be caused by zsh since it is not observable
  using bash. Note too that this bug cannot be recreated on precise.

  zsh configuration is stock "system configuration" (run zsh for first
  time and select option (2) - system defaults).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: zsh 5.0.0-2ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.22-generic 3.5.4
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Sep 24 16:01:37 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha i386 (20120530)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/zsh
  SourcePackage: zsh
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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