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Bug Fix Advisory New strace package fixes numerous bugs

Advisory: RHBA-2003:294-12
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2003-12-19
Last updated on: 2003-12-19
Affected Products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor

Details

Updated strace packages that fix all known serious bugs and removes an
internal limitation are now available.

The strace program intercepts and records the system calls that are called
and the signals that are received by processes.

A variety of problems with older versions of strace have been observed.
These include errors in strace output, crashes, and bugs resulting in
interference in programs.

Additionally, prior versions of strace were able to trace a maximum of 64
processes or threads simultaneously when using the -f flag; this limit can
be a problem when using the strace utility to debug multithreaded programs.

Users of strace should install these updated packages, which resolve these
issues.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the
desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

If up2date fails to connect to Red Hat Network due to SSL
Certificate Errors, you need to install a version of the
up2date client with an updated certificate. The latest version of
up2date is available from the Red Hat FTP site and may also be
downloaded directly from the RHN website:

https://rhn.redhat.com/help/latest-up2date.pxt

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/public/2703533/strace/4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1/SRPMS/strace-4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1.src.rpm
Missing file
    MD5: 5fec105e60c52a922e5340206df9c137
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/strace/4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1/SRPMS/strace-4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1.src.rpm
Missing file
    MD5: 5fec105e60c52a922e5340206df9c137
 
IA-32:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/strace/4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1/i386/strace-4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1.i386.rpm
Missing file
    MD5: 7af49f51bf9cf18c33fdf4d33b6ad746
 
IA-64:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/strace/4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1/ia64/strace-4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1.ia64.rpm
Missing file
    MD5: 300edfc2fb607fb2a480c581be2732c4
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/public/2703533/strace/4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1/SRPMS/strace-4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1.src.rpm
Missing file
    MD5: 5fec105e60c52a922e5340206df9c137
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/strace/4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1/SRPMS/strace-4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1.src.rpm
Missing file
    MD5: 5fec105e60c52a922e5340206df9c137
 
IA-32:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/strace/4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1/i386/strace-4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1.i386.rpm
Missing file
    MD5: 7af49f51bf9cf18c33fdf4d33b6ad746
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/public/2703533/strace/4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1/SRPMS/strace-4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1.src.rpm
Missing file
    MD5: 5fec105e60c52a922e5340206df9c137
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/strace/4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1/SRPMS/strace-4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1.src.rpm
Missing file
    MD5: 5fec105e60c52a922e5340206df9c137
 
IA-32:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/strace/4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1/i386/strace-4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1.i386.rpm
Missing file
    MD5: 7af49f51bf9cf18c33fdf4d33b6ad746
 
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/public/2703533/strace/4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1/SRPMS/strace-4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1.src.rpm
Missing file
    MD5: 5fec105e60c52a922e5340206df9c137
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/strace/4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1/SRPMS/strace-4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1.src.rpm
Missing file
    MD5: 5fec105e60c52a922e5340206df9c137
 
IA-64:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/strace/4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1/ia64/strace-4.5.1-1.2.1AS.1.ia64.rpm
Missing file
    MD5: 300edfc2fb607fb2a480c581be2732c4
 

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

105358 - strace does not display all possible ioctl names
105359 - RFE: better ugid32 syscalls support
105366 - RFE: correct strace behaviour for piped output
108012 - recompile fails due to HZ not being constant anymore
79782 - strace fails to resume processes (i.e. httpd/sexec)
79796 - RFE: Allow strace to attach to greater than 64 processes
80264 - strace -f breaks WNOHANG
84211 - Uknown/undecoded system calls in strace output


Keywords

debugging, strace,


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