From owner-freebsd-dtrace@freebsd.org Sat Apr 15 14:51:34 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-dtrace@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01F69D3FC44; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 14:51:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnn@neville-neil.com) Received: from relay2-d.mail.gandi.net (relay2-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.194]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BED2D257; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 14:51:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnn@neville-neil.com) Received: from mfilter20-d.gandi.net (mfilter20-d.gandi.net [217.70.178.148]) by relay2-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B51BCC5A46; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 16:51:25 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mfilter20-d.gandi.net Received: from relay2-d.mail.gandi.net ([IPv6:::ffff:217.70.183.194]) by mfilter20-d.gandi.net (mfilter20-d.gandi.net [::ffff:10.0.15.180]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Vdf93K26Z9MF; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 16:51:24 +0200 (CEST) X-Originating-IP: 72.69.72.143 Received: from [192.168.64.1] (static-72-69-72-143.nycmny.fios.verizon.net [72.69.72.143]) (Authenticated sender: gnn@neville-neil.com) by relay2-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AF845C5A43; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 16:51:21 +0200 (CEST) From: "George Neville-Neil" To: "Jan Beich" Cc: "Sean Chittenden" , freebsd-dtrace@freebsd.org, freebsd-gecko@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: DTrace issues? Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 10:50:19 -0400 Message-ID: <76897620-E958-4AE2-9B6C-062C59526614@neville-neil.com> In-Reply-To: References: <3CEE1970-719B-42D1-A95A-FEAD3F375A30@neville-neil.com> <20170212191826.5599A45EA@freefall.freebsd.org> <77416dea-1e9d-4911-b5d0-2ebac227af7e@Spark> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; markup=markdown X-Mailer: MailMate (1.9.6r5347) X-BeenThere: freebsd-dtrace@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "A discussion list for developers working on DTrace in FreeBSD." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 14:51:34 -0000 On 15 Apr 2017, at 3:44, Jan Beich wrote: > Sean Chittenden writes: > >> On Apr 12, 2017, 22:19 -0700, Jan Beich , wrote: >>> jbeich@freebsd.org (Jan Beich) writes: >>> >>>>> If so, please point me at active bugs in this area. >>>> >>>> Firefox is affected by a few more DTrace issues but those are old >>>> and >>>> have been worked around in the ports tree. >>>> >>>> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=214556 # dtrace >>>> on aarch64 >>>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1041353 # dtrace vs. >>>> ld.gold >>>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=702179 # dtrace vs. >>>> static libs >>> >>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1353558 # FF55 bustage >>> >>> Is there any chance FreeBSD adds compatibility with DTrace on OS X? >> >> I think you mean, "when will Apple update its DTrace to be more >> compatible with FreeBSD?" The version of DTrace that ships with macOS >> is out of date and yes, we would love it if it were more up to date >> in >> macOS. :( -sc > > On FreeBSD "dtrace -G" causes no end of grief with various build > systems. > Do you mean OS X is going to inherit it? Can you explain this grief? What is the problem? Best, George