Re: What's needed for kernel 2.2
Peter> Apart from what's in linux/Documentation/Changes, I believe the
Peter> process accounting package (acct) needs to be recompiled, due to a
Peter> change in the file format written by the kernel. Unfortunately,
Peter> AFAIK it is not possible (with the current sources) to have a single
Peter> binary that understands both formats.
Peter>
Peter> I've written to the kernel maintainer of accounting, who hasn't
Peter> replied. I don't know whether that means he's busy or I'm just
Peter> wrong on this.
Peter>
Peter> Dirk, can you tell us what the story is?
Umpf, I really don't know, I was running 2.2.1 for a while, but I didn't
check acct's output.
Ok, I just did that using the rotated files in /var/account/, and your are
right. The output looks garbled.
I will CC: this to Noel (acct author) to see if he has an idea.
Regards, Dirk
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