strace bug fix update

Advisory:	RHBA-2008:0023-2
Type:	Bug Fix Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2008-01-15
Last updated on:	2008-01-15
Affected Products:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4.5.z) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4.5.z)

Details

Updated strace packages that fix a bug are now available.

The strace program intercepts and records the system calls that are called
and received by a running process.

While using strace on a multithreaded program, the "Ctrl-C" key
combination hanged strace, instead of terminating strace correctly. Note,
this behavior could also occur when tracing non-multithreaded programs. In
these updated packages the "Ctrl-C" key combination correctly terminates
strace.

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve this
issue.

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4.5.z)

SRPMS:
strace-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.src.rpm	`MD5: 8fc47722cb5292b395aa20de09580104`

IA-32:
strace-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.i386.rpm	`MD5: f5c7b1c39a5bd2601a126d743647c0f7`

IA-64:
strace-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.i386.rpm	`MD5: f5c7b1c39a5bd2601a126d743647c0f7`
strace-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.ia64.rpm	`MD5: 5e410048de703be202e4ac21e919c843`

PPC:
strace-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.ppc.rpm	`MD5: 9ebe3988272e3fcccf55111255a2c5ce`
strace64-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.ppc64.rpm	`MD5: b09e6202bed605623ffdcdd86bc509a9`

s390:
strace-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.s390.rpm	`MD5: 8a712ad54f617da6de54bf1df35f256b`

s390x:
strace-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.s390x.rpm	`MD5: 7135fa23c236098d19ac2ee1f4d8c2d1`

x86_64:
strace-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.x86_64.rpm	`MD5: 7ecd1dbe305c957a7de3c92a78203492`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4.5.z)

SRPMS:
strace-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.src.rpm	`MD5: 8fc47722cb5292b395aa20de09580104`

IA-32:
strace-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.i386.rpm	`MD5: f5c7b1c39a5bd2601a126d743647c0f7`

IA-64:
strace-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.i386.rpm	`MD5: f5c7b1c39a5bd2601a126d743647c0f7`
strace-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.ia64.rpm	`MD5: 5e410048de703be202e4ac21e919c843`

x86_64:
strace-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.x86_64.rpm	`MD5: 7ecd1dbe305c957a7de3c92a78203492`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

385221 - [RHEL4 U2] strace don't terminate properly when CTRL-C key is pressed.

Keywords

debugging, strace

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