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updated gnu-efi (3.0.14 -> 3.0.17)
author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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date | Mon Mar 18 18:46:02 2024 +0100 (5 months ago) |
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1.1 --- a/strace/description.txt Wed Jun 01 02:52:45 2016 +0300 1.2 +++ b/strace/description.txt Mon Mar 18 18:46:02 2024 +0100 1.3 @@ -1,8 +1,11 @@ 1.4 -strace is a system call tracer, i.e. a debugging tool which prints out a trace 1.5 -of all the system calls made by a another process/program. The program to be 1.6 -traced need not be recompiled for this, so you can use it on binaries for which 1.7 -you don't have source. 1.8 +Strace is a system call tracer, i.e. a debugging tool which 1.9 +prints out a trace of all the system calls made by a another 1.10 +process or program. 1.11 +The program to be traced need not be recompiled for this, so 1.12 +you can use it on binaries for which you don't have source. 1.13 1.14 -System calls and signals are events that happen at the user/kernel interface. 1.15 -A close examination of this boundary is very useful for bug isolation, sanity 1.16 -checking and attempting to capture race conditions. 1.17 +System calls and signals are events that happen at the user 1.18 +or kernel interface. 1.19 +A close examination of this boundary is very useful for bug 1.20 +isolation, sanity checking and attempting to capture race 1.21 +conditions.