Bug 930255

Summary:	dev-debug/extrace - trace exec() calls system-wide
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Oliver Nutter <mrnoname1000>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	No maintainer - Look at https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Proxy_Maintainers if you want to take care of it <maintainer-needed>
Status:	UNCONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://github.com/leahneukirchen/extrace
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Description Oliver Nutter 2024-04-19 18:15:27 UTC

Hi, I found this handy utility while using Void Linux. It allows tracing exec() calls system-wide, for a given PID, or for a command line. Much handier than strace -fe exec...

It also comes with pwait(1) to wait for a given PID to exit, useful when you decide you want to chain a long running command with ; or && or || after you've already started it.

I assume dev-debug would be the right category as with strace and ltrace. It's packaged in Void, Ubuntu, Debian, and OpenSUSE if examples are needed, but the build is dead simple.

Reproducible: Always