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Date:      Thu, 1 Feb 2001 19:10:02 -0800 (PST)
From:      Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: docs/24035: ptrace(2) PT_STEP incorrect documentation
Message-ID:  <200102020310.f123A2567609@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR docs/24035; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>
To: hackers@freebsd.org
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/24035: ptrace(2) PT_STEP incorrect documentation
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 02:57:17 +0000

 Folks,
 
 On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 09:05:29PM -0800, bnjf@optushome.com.au wrote:
 > >Number:         24035
 > >Category:       docs
 > >Synopsis:       ptrace(2) PT_STEP incorrect documentation
 
 <snip>
 
 > >Description:
 > 
 > in the man pge
 >      PT_STEP       The traced process is single stepped one instruction.  The
 >                    addr and data fields are not used.
 >
 > this is a lie. you must feed ptrace() a valid value for addr, just like 
 > PT_CONTINUE
 
 ?  I've poked through ptrace.S, but it's been a long time since I did
 any assembler, and when I did, it was 6502. . .
 
 N
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