On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Mike Frysinger <vap...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On 15 Feb 2015 15:47, Dmitry V. Levin wrote: >> Do you think it's time to assume that PTRACE_SETOPTIONS and >> PTRACE_O_TRACESYSGOOD|PTRACE_O_TRACEEXEC|PTRACE_O_TRACECLONE are >> universally available and working? >> >> If yes, then all code that supports post-execve SIGTRAP and implements >> fork/vfork/clone->CLONE_PTRACE substitution could be removed. >> >> The question essentially means whether new versions of strace >> should work on linux kernels older than v2.5.46 >> (see https://lkml.org/lkml/2002/11/4/213)? > > i think the # of people realistically using <=2.4 nowadays is beyond carrying > about, especially wrt downloading & building recent software. mainstream > projects (like glibc) have been requiring linux-2.6 for years now. > > so if dropping this code provides a nice clean up, and you're merely requiring > linux-2.6, then i say go for it.
+1 . I still see 2.4 but oh-so rarely and folks still running on 2.4 are likely to be happy with the current (or often much older) strace version. -- Cordially Philippe Ombredanne ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Strace-devel mailing list Strace-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/strace-devel
