From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 13 20:40:07 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C71B31065675 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:40:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B8278FC19 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:40:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o9DKe7aS098940 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:40:07 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id o9DKe72Q098939; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:40:07 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:40:07 GMT Message-Id: <201010132040.o9DKe72Q098939@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: Marcin Wisnicki Cc: Subject: Re: bin/149403: truss(1) hangs when user input is requested X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Marcin Wisnicki List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:40:07 -0000 The following reply was made to PR bin/149403; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Marcin Wisnicki To: Ilya Bakulin Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/149403: truss(1) hangs when user input is requested Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:35:36 +0200 On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 22:02, Ilya Bakulin wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Seems that truss(1) is not supposed to transfer any control to the traced program (judging by source > code), so this is not a bug. > Code does not matter. User wants to trace a program, uses truss to do it and it doesn't work. A bug from user's perspective. Especially when it works on other operating systems. If fixing it is hard and no one is willing to do it any time soon, then truss(1) should have a note in BUGS section documenting this and other long-time known deficiencies (like broken -f option). > - -- > Regards, > Ilya Bakulin > http://kibab.com > xmpp://kibab612@jabber.ru > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (FreeBSD) > > iEYEARECAAYFAky2EFcACgkQo9vlj1oadwgV1ACfVboWB66PplfsMG9IYSYekkqg > FqwAmwTQCvdCDm0GGiP33rAEqzAZvX53 > =qRxS > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >