From 59749d048d9e452f049f9151735b5256756919c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anas Nashif Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 07:28:12 -0800 Subject: Imported Upstream version 0.5.3 --- README | 92 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 92 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ab1a2e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ + ltrace + + A Dynamic Library Tracer + + Copyright 1997-2009 Juan Cespedes + + +Contents +-------- + 0. Authors + 1. Introduction + 2. Where can I find it + 3. How does it work + 4. Where does it work + 5. Bugs + 6. License + + +0. Authors +---------- + +ltrace has been developed mainly by Juan Cespedes , +but he has received many contributions from other people. The following +people have contributed significantly to this project: + +* César Sánchez +* Santiago Romero +* Pat Beirne (ARM port) +* Roman Hodek (m68k port) +* Morten Eriksen (misc fixes) +* Silvio Cesare (ELF hacking) +* Timothy Fesig (S390 port) +* Anton Blanchard (Powerpc port) +* Jakub Jelinek (SPARC port, support for libelf, many fixes) +* Jakub Bogusz (alpha port) +* SuSE (amd64 port) +* Ian Wienand (IA64 port) +* Eric Vaitl (mipsel port) +* Petr Machata (misc fixes) + +1. Introduction +--------------- + +ltrace is a debugging tool, similar to strace, but it traces library +calls instead of system calls. + +2. Where can I find it +---------------------- + +http://www.ltrace.org + +3. How does it work +------------------- + +Using software breakpoints, just like gdb. + +4. Where does it work +--------------------- + +It works with ELF based Linux systems running on i386, m68k, S/390, +ARM, PowerPC, PowerPC64, IA64, AMD64, SPARC and Alpha processors. + +It is part of at least Debian GNU/Linux, RedHat, SuSE, Mandrake... + +5. Bugs +------- + +Too many to list here :). If you like to submit a bug report, or a +feature request, either do that against the Debian `ltrace' package, +or mail ltrace-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org. + +This file is very incomplete and out-of-date. + +6. License +---------- + + Copyright (C) 1997-2009 Juan Cespedes + + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or + (at your option) any later version. + + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + GNU General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along + with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., + 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. + -- cgit v1.2.3