All of modern digital infrastructure rests on a procps bug, xkcd-style
voooooogel · x · 2026-11-04
An xkcd-style meme points at a real fragile spot in procps 4.0.4 — the provider of /bin/kill in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS — showing the code snippet behind the joke about modern digital infrastructure balancing on one teetering pillar of tiny blocks.
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