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Package: strace (4.5.19-1)

A system call tracer

strace is a system call tracer, i.e. a debugging tool which prints out a trace of all the system calls made by a another process/program. The program to be traced need not be recompiled for this, so you can use it on binaries for which you don't have source.

System calls and signals are events that happen at the user/kernel interface. A close examination of this boundary is very useful for bug isolation, sanity checking and attempting to capture race conditions.

Tags: Software Development: Debugging, User Interface: Command Line, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Purpose: Monitoring, Works with: Running Programs

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  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.3) [amd64, hppa, i386, mips, mipsel]
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    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.4) [armel, powerpc, s390]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.6) [sparc]
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.3) [ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb

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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
amd64 124.7 kB376 kB [list of files]
armel 115.5 kB300 kB [list of files]
hppa 118.2 kB284 kB [list of files]
i386 112.3 kB284 kB [list of files]
ia64 159.2 kB548 kB [list of files]
mips 154.4 kB540 kB [list of files]
mipsel 146.6 kB540 kB [list of files]
powerpc 117.3 kB308 kB [list of files]
s390 118.9 kB288 kB [list of files]
sparc 114.8 kB292 kB [list of files]