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Cc: Ali Polatel <alip@exherbo.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: ptrace bug or feature?
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On Sun, 17 Jan 2010, Kostik Belousov wrote:

> It may be a missed feature, not a bug. There is obvious hack value
> in ability to modify syscall arguments from the debugger.
>
> Do you know whether other operating systems allow this ?

Linux does, I've used it.

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