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Wichert Akkerman3f7f49d1999-06-09 13:12:11 +00001Changes in 3.99.1
2* Linux (ultra)sparc fixes
3* Linux alpha fixes
4* Minor cleanups
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Wichert Akkermanb859bea1999-04-18 22:50:50 +00006Changes in 3.99
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Wichert Akkerman1786d811999-04-15 20:34:14 +00008* New maintainer
9* add support for more Linux architectures (powerpc, sparc, arm)
10* support lots more Linux syscalls
11* fix signal handling
12* add IPX and IPIP support
13* check stray syscall after execv
14* fix hanging children
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Wichert Akkerman76baf7c1999-02-19 00:21:36 +000016Changes in version 3.1
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19* Irix5 is supported
20* Linux 68k is supported
21* Linux alpha is supported
22* configure is upgraded to autoconf 2.x
23* using -f in combination with -e now works correctly
24* output can be piped to a program
25* tracing setuid programs works better
26* it is now reasonable to install strace setuid to root in some circumstances
27* new useful tracing names like file and process to trace whole
28 classes of system calls, e.g. -efile traces all system calls that
29 take a file name as an argument
30* IPC calls on SunOS 4.1.x are decoded
31* Linux program memory is reliably dereferenced
32* Linux decodes at least the name of all syscalls as of pre2.0.4
33* various cosmetic changes and bug fixes
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35Changes from versions 2.x to version 3.0
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38* filename arguments are neither abbreviated nor stringified
39* string arguments are now true C strings using octal instead of hex by default
40* preprocessor constants are never shortened (e.g. was RDONLY => now O_RDONLY)
41* by default the output for multiple processes now goes into one file
42* all structures, vectors, bitsets, etc. use consistent output formats
43* the -c option now means count calls, -i does what the old -c used to do
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45New Features in version 3.0
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48* non-ascii strings can be optionally printed entirely in hex
49* the output format is readable when mutiple processes are generating output
50* exit values are printed in an alignment column
51* is is possible to suppress messages about attaching and detaching
52* various tracing features can be enabled on a per syscall/signal/desc basis
53* selective tracing of syscalls
54* selective printing of syscall structures
55* selective abbreviation of long structures on a per syscall basis
56* selective printing of raw syscall arguments and results
57* selective tracing of signals
58* selective dumping of all I/O read from file descriptors
59* selective dumping of all I/O written to file descriptors
60* optional counting of time, calls, and errors for each syscall