ps: work around libc bug: printf("%.*s\n", MAX_INT, buffer)

libbb/xfuncs.c

@@ -253,9 +253,9 @@ void smart_ulltoa5(unsigned long long ul, char buf[5])
 	buf[4] = '\0';
 }
 
-// Convert unsigned integer to ascii, writing into supplied buffer.  A
+// Convert unsigned integer to ascii, writing into supplied buffer.
-// truncated result is always null terminated (unless buflen is 0), and
+// A truncated result contains the first few digits of the result ala strncpy.
-// contains the first few digits of the result ala strncpy.
+// Returns a pointer past last generated digit, does _not_ store NUL.
 void BUG_sizeof_unsigned_not_4(void);
 char *utoa_to_buf(unsigned n, char *buf, unsigned buflen)
 {

procps/ps.c

@@ -262,7 +262,9 @@ int ps_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		parse_o(default_o);
 	post_process();
 
-	terminal_width = INT_MAX;
+	/* Was INT_MAX, but some libc's go belly up with printf("%.*s")
+	 * and such large widths */
+	terminal_width = 30000;
 	if (isatty(1)) {
 		get_terminal_width_height(1, &terminal_width, NULL);
 		terminal_width--;