ps occasionally reports: "31125 49710-06:28:15"

[Martin Nicholas]

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i586
OS: linux
Compiler: gcc -I/usr/src/packages/BUILD/bash-2.05b 
-L/usr/src/packages/BUILD/bash-2.05b/../readline-4.3
Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i586' 
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i586-suse-linux' -DCONF_VENDOR='suse' 
-DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -I.  -I. -I./include -I./lib  -O2 -march=i586 
-mcpu=i686 -fmessage-length=0 -D_GNU_SOURCE -Wall -pipe -g 
-fbranch-probabilities
uname output: Linux dsklinux 2.4.21-273-athlon #1 Mon Jan 17 13:03:46 UTC 2005 
i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
Machine Type: i586-suse-linux

Bash Version: 2.05b
Patch Level: 0
Release Status: release

Description:
Using the command line:
ps --no-headers -o"\%p \%t" -C"exim4"
via perl's backtick function. ps occasionally reports something like:
"31125 49710-06:28:15"
The process number is correct AFAIK, but the uptime is miles too big and seems 
to vary between: 49710-06:28:01 and 49710-06:28:15.

Repeat-By:
Repeating the command until it happens again.

-- 
Regards,

Martin Nicholas.

E-mail: mgn@mgn.org.uk