Bug Fix Advisory strace bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2009:1175-1
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2009-07-27
Last updated on: 2009-07-27
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4.8.z)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4.8.z)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL: N/A

Details

An updated strace package that fixes a bug on Intel Itanium-based systems
is now available

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

This updated strace package fixes the following bug:

* On Intel ItaniumĀ®-based systems, using the strace "-f" option to trace a
process that was calling the "vfork" system call caused strace to become
unresponsive. With this updated package, strace works correctly with
processes that call the "vfork" system call on Itanium-based systems.
(BZ#513180)

All users of strace are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves 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/docs/DOC-11259

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.src.rpm     05b9d6f8e4ec9664796af9cdd0a4f4ce
 
IA-32:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.i386.rpm     9ade1b46dc4b82f6d16654de85b5a63e
 
x86_64:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm     082bfadb02c462d77a1e7472c1588160
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.src.rpm     05b9d6f8e4ec9664796af9cdd0a4f4ce
 
IA-32:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.i386.rpm     9ade1b46dc4b82f6d16654de85b5a63e
 
IA-64:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.i386.rpm     9ade1b46dc4b82f6d16654de85b5a63e
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.ia64.rpm     38b93e57254d43c29512ddddf38f1345
 
PPC:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.ppc.rpm     e0bb5753e262418cf83e0e2962bbd0c8
strace64-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.ppc64.rpm     abbf861508218aa603cd8d0904f7d6da
 
s390:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.s390.rpm     e12b26e2986a5ac32be39353acabc461
 
s390x:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.s390x.rpm     445d10ba50173c8f96468168f623fd41
 
x86_64:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm     082bfadb02c462d77a1e7472c1588160
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4.8.z)

SRPMS:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.src.rpm     05b9d6f8e4ec9664796af9cdd0a4f4ce
 
IA-32:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.i386.rpm     9ade1b46dc4b82f6d16654de85b5a63e
 
IA-64:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.i386.rpm     9ade1b46dc4b82f6d16654de85b5a63e
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.ia64.rpm     38b93e57254d43c29512ddddf38f1345
 
PPC:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.ppc.rpm     e0bb5753e262418cf83e0e2962bbd0c8
strace64-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.ppc64.rpm     abbf861508218aa603cd8d0904f7d6da
 
s390:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.s390.rpm     e12b26e2986a5ac32be39353acabc461
 
s390x:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.s390x.rpm     445d10ba50173c8f96468168f623fd41
 
x86_64:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm     082bfadb02c462d77a1e7472c1588160
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.src.rpm     05b9d6f8e4ec9664796af9cdd0a4f4ce
 
IA-32:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.i386.rpm     9ade1b46dc4b82f6d16654de85b5a63e
 
IA-64:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.i386.rpm     9ade1b46dc4b82f6d16654de85b5a63e
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.ia64.rpm     38b93e57254d43c29512ddddf38f1345
 
x86_64:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm     082bfadb02c462d77a1e7472c1588160
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4.8.z)

SRPMS:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.src.rpm     05b9d6f8e4ec9664796af9cdd0a4f4ce
 
IA-32:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.i386.rpm     9ade1b46dc4b82f6d16654de85b5a63e
 
IA-64:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.i386.rpm     9ade1b46dc4b82f6d16654de85b5a63e
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.ia64.rpm     38b93e57254d43c29512ddddf38f1345
 
x86_64:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm     082bfadb02c462d77a1e7472c1588160
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.src.rpm     05b9d6f8e4ec9664796af9cdd0a4f4ce
 
IA-32:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.i386.rpm     9ade1b46dc4b82f6d16654de85b5a63e
 
IA-64:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.i386.rpm     9ade1b46dc4b82f6d16654de85b5a63e
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.ia64.rpm     38b93e57254d43c29512ddddf38f1345
 
x86_64:
strace-4.5.16-1.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm     082bfadb02c462d77a1e7472c1588160
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

513180 - [4.7] strace -f fails to follow vfork() processes on ia64 - hangs instead - possible kernel bug?



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