Bug in strace-log-merge Fails utterly and silently

[worik]

On 23/07/19 11:23 PM, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 10:55:56AM +1200, worik wrote:
>> strace -o /tmp/firefox.log -ff firefox
>>
>> strace-log-merge /tmp/firefox.log | tee /tmp/firefox_strace.log
>>
>> cat /tmp/firefox_strace.log
>>
>> No output
>>
>> Perhaps I am misusing it? I have read the man page
> The manual page for strace-log-merge clearly states that
> strace-log-merge merges "strace -ff -tt" output.
>  
> Both -ff and -tt are crucial.
>   
> The manual page is available in strace >= 4.21, it definitely worth reading.


Thank you.


In my manual page the only mention of `-tt` is:

       -tt         If given twice, the time printed will include the
microsec‐
                   onds.

So not surprising I missed it.  What is it for?

Worik

>> aptitude show strace|grep Version
>> Version: 4.21-1ubuntu1
>>
>> cat /etc/issue
>> Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS \n \l
>

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