Linked applet 'kill -l' missbehaves

Wed Apr 11 06:40:53 PDT 2007

Additional information!

ons 2007-04-11 klockan 15:18 +0200 skrev Mats Erik Andersson:
> Hello there,
> 
> I have discovered a strange behaviour which keeps
> returning in spite of several recompilations:
> 
> $ /bin/busybox kill -l
>  1) HUP   2) INT  .....
>  9) KILL  ...
> 17) CHLD  ...
> $ kill -l
> 7
> 16
> 23
> (every integer up to 63, one on each line of output)
> 63
> 
> 
> I cannot find any sensible explanation! 
> What is happening?
> 
> Regards,    Mats E Andersson
> 

It is not obvious in the above output, but the
reported signals constitute the complementary
sets to each other in the two cases. All the
more strange!

Regards,    Mats E A