Bug Fix Advisory 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)
OVAL: N/A

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     8fc47722cb5292b395aa20de09580104
 
IA-32:
strace-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.i386.rpm     f5c7b1c39a5bd2601a126d743647c0f7
 
IA-64:
strace-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.i386.rpm     f5c7b1c39a5bd2601a126d743647c0f7
strace-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.ia64.rpm     5e410048de703be202e4ac21e919c843
 
PPC:
strace-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.ppc.rpm     9ebe3988272e3fcccf55111255a2c5ce
strace64-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.ppc64.rpm     b09e6202bed605623ffdcdd86bc509a9
 
s390:
strace-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.s390.rpm     8a712ad54f617da6de54bf1df35f256b
 
s390x:
strace-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.s390x.rpm     7135fa23c236098d19ac2ee1f4d8c2d1
 
x86_64:
strace-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.x86_64.rpm     7ecd1dbe305c957a7de3c92a78203492
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4.5.z)

SRPMS:
strace-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.src.rpm     8fc47722cb5292b395aa20de09580104
 
IA-32:
strace-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.i386.rpm     f5c7b1c39a5bd2601a126d743647c0f7
 
IA-64:
strace-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.i386.rpm     f5c7b1c39a5bd2601a126d743647c0f7
strace-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.ia64.rpm     5e410048de703be202e4ac21e919c843
 
x86_64:
strace-4.5.15-1.el4_5.2.x86_64.rpm     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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