2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3d757a676f..c865c3421c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-11-09  Ettore Perazzoli  <ettore@ximian.com>
+
+	* tools/killev: Chop the output from `uname -s'.  Thanks to
+	Michael Gerdts for suggesting the fix.
+
 2001-11-09  Abel Cheung  <maddog@linux.org.hk>
 
 	* configure.in: Re-added zh_TW to ALL_LINGUAS. Translator keep
diff --git a/tools/killev b/tools/killev
index 0745d013e0..14b9f501cd 100755
--- a/tools/killev
+++ b/tools/killev
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ $debug=0;
 ##
 
 $sysname=`uname -s`;
+chop $sysname;
 
 if ($sysname eq "SunOS") {
 	$killcmd="pkill";