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1                                ltrace
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3                       A Dynamic Library Tracer
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5         Copyright 1997-2002 Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org>
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8Contents
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10 0. Authors
11 1. Introduction
12 2. Where can I find it
13 3. How does it work
14 4. Where does it work
15 5. Bugs
16 6. License
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190. Authors
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21ltrace has been developed mainly by Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org>,
22but he has received many contributions from other people.  The following
23people have contributed significantly to this project:
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25* Pat Beirne <pbeirne@home.com> (ARM port)
26* Roman Hodek <Roman.Hodek@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> (m68k port)
27* Morten Eriksen <mortene@sim.no> (misc fixes)
28* Silvio Cesare <silvio@big.net.au> (ELF hacking)
29* Timothy Fesig <slate@us.ibm.com> (S390 port)
30* Anton Blanchard <anton@linuxcare.com.au> (Powerpc port)
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321. Introduction
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34ltrace is a debugging tool, similar to strace, but it traces library
35calls instead of system calls.
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372. Where can I find it
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39At the moment, it's only available as a Debian package.  Please let
40me know if you distribute it any other way.
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42You may find it at:
43 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/ltrace/
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45Alternatively, you may find it in any Debian mirror.  For more info,
46see ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/README.mirrors
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483. How does it work
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50Using software breakpoints, just like gdb.
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524. Where does it work
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54At the time of writting, it works only with ELF32 executables. It only
55works in Linux, and it only works on i386, m68k, S/390 and ARM processors.
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57It is part of at least Debian GNU/Linux, RedHat, SuSE and Mandrake.
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595. Bugs
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61Too many to list here :).  If you like to submit a bug report, or a
62feature request, either do that against the Debian `ltrace' package,
63or mail ``Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org>''.
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65This file is very incomplete and out-of-date.
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676. License
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69    Copyright (C) 1997-2002 Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org>
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71    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
72    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
73    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
74    (at your option) any later version.
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76    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
77    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
78    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
79    GNU General Public License for more details.
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81    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
82    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
83    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
84    MA 02111-1307, USA.
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