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Date:      Tue, 29 May 2001 16:22:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:      jyliu@163.net
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   docs/27758: ptrace(2) man page outdated
Message-ID:  <200105292322.f4TNMEY32158@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         27758
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       ptrace(2) man page outdated
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue May 29 16:30:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Jiangyi Liu
>Release:        4.3-STABLE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD fatcow.home 4.3-STABLE FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE #6: Tue Apr 24 21:08:50 CST 2001     jyliu@fatcow.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FATCOW  i386
>Description:
PT_STEP in ptrace(2) man page is described as 'addr and data fields are not used'. Actually, at least the addr field is used. If one wants to step the traced process, she had to set addr field to (caddr_t)1.
That man page was written in 1996. Probably outdated.
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>Fix:

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