Bug 105366 - RFE: correct strace behaviour for piped output
Summary: RFE: correct strace behaviour for piped output
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Raw Hide
Classification: Retired
Component: strace
Version: 1.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Roland McGrath
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-09-25 14:16 UTC by Dmitry V. Levin
Modified: 2016-12-13 21:51 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Enhancement
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Last Closed: 2003-12-19 17:57:56 UTC
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
system.c (83 bytes, text/plain)
2003-09-25 14:17 UTC, Dmitry V. Levin
no flags Details
proposed patch (2.20 KB, patch)
2003-09-25 14:18 UTC, Dmitry V. Levin
no flags Details | Diff
proposed patch (set line buffering for piped output) (423 bytes, patch)
2003-12-14 22:25 UTC, Dmitry V. Levin
no flags Details | Diff


Links
System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2003:294 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE New strace package fixes numerous bugs 2003-12-19 05:00:00 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2003:361 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE New strace package fixes numerous bugs 2003-11-18 05:00:00 UTC

Description Dmitry V. Levin 2003-09-25 14:16:18 UTC
Description of problem: 
Format of piped output generated by strace distinguishes from redirected output.  
 
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 
4.4.99 
 
How reproducible: 
Always 
 
Steps to Reproduce: 
1. 
gcc -Wall -Werror system.c -o system 
2. 
strace -fF -o redirect.log ./system 
3. 
strace -fF -o '|cat >pipe.log' ./system 
     
Actual results: 
redirect.log and pipe.log are essentially different. 
 
Expected results: 
redirect.log and pipe.log should look about the same. 
 
Rationale: piped output feature is oftenly used to process output by non-interactive filter. 
So it requires offline-style output and line buffering.

Comment 1 Dmitry V. Levin 2003-09-25 14:17:37 UTC
Created attachment 94714 [details]
system.c

Comment 2 Dmitry V. Levin 2003-09-25 14:18:41 UTC
Created attachment 94715 [details]
proposed patch

Comment 3 Roland McGrath 2003-11-07 02:25:31 UTC
I've put a slightly different but equivalent patch in upstream.
The next Fedora Core update package will have it.

Comment 4 Dmitry V. Levin 2003-12-14 22:22:36 UTC
Thanks. 
However, you haven't applied the change to set line buffering for piped output. 

Comment 5 Dmitry V. Levin 2003-12-14 22:25:19 UTC
Created attachment 96529 [details]
proposed patch (set line buffering for piped output)

Comment 6 John Flanagan 2003-12-19 17:57:56 UTC
An errata has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. 
This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen 
this bug report if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2003-294.html


Comment 7 Roland McGrath 2004-01-13 10:20:52 UTC
Your extra patch is superfluous.  See the setvbuf call later in the
function.  setlinebuf is not portable, btw.

Comment 8 Dmitry V. Levin 2004-03-03 23:39:53 UTC
Indeed. 


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