Re: removal of kill?

[Mike Frysinger]

On 09 Nov 2015 17:02, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> On 11/09/2015 04:27 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> > I see on most GNU/Linux distros that kill(1) is
> > provided by the shell or util-linux.
> > Should we just remove it from coreutils?
> 
> What about non-Linux systems, i.e., where util-linux is not
> available?

util-linux builds on more platforms than just Linux.  in fact, many of
its libs/utils are tested on other systems.

that isn't to say that i think dropping kill from coreutils is worth
the effort.  seems like a fairly low-overhead tool.
-mike

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