ltrace A Dynamic Library Tracer Copyright 1997-2006 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: * 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) 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 ---------------------- At the moment, it's only available as a Debian package. Please let me know if you distribute it any other way. You may find it at: * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/ltrace/ Alternatively, you may find it in any Debian mirror. For more info, see ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/README.mirrors You can also retreive the source via CVS, see http://ltrace.alioth.debian.org 3. How does it work ------------------- Using software breakpoints, just like gdb. 4. Where does it work --------------------- At the time of writting, it works only with ELF32 executables. It only works in Linux, and it only works on some architectures (i386, m68k, S/390, ARM, PowerPC, amd64, SPARC and alpha processors). It is part of at least Debian GNU/Linux, RedHat, SuSE and Mandrake. 5. Bugs ------- Too many to list here :). If you like to submit a bug report, or a feature request, plase do that against the Debian `ltrace' package This file is very incomplete and out-of-date. 6. License ---------- Copyright (C) 1997-2006 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.