1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/procps/ps.c b/procps/ps.c
index c1cb64397..2be0b3605 100644
--- a/procps/ps.c
+++ b/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--;