Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:48:15 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <gcooper@FreeBSD.org> To: =?ISO-8859-1?B?SXN0duFu?= <leccine@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Rui Paulo <rpaulo@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: DTrace bindings are missing in FreeBSD 9.0 - CURRENT for userland apps Message-ID: <AANLkTimf%2B4xPLmYyrA%2B2GkYsRaNiLZjeAxEBL7MFd2Hk@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikZCUbwPF-grkAWQLVSL%2Bnm_NDBP%2B6ZLyYBNZxs@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTi=BTfcPYtO7Hby3dK7C7qiH2CXdThYyV9QBj8_T@mail.gmail.com> <DE0D21FF-0E8F-4993-87B0-69B7AA74861C@FreeBSD.org> <AANLkTins6w0znaw%2BvQ7M57cSXS1OK6aQ0KUyJMjD-ytq@mail.gmail.com> <7EC03A5E-61DA-46AB-95E1-1D844E10C735@FreeBSD.org> <AANLkTingZ1uQiC3TYaJtgQFG_m1HOAsOdCtRx4Aizj_i@mail.gmail.com> <D4CE1F20-02ED-4267-95D2-0199AEFA7C43@freebsd.org> <AANLkTinvBDQt-4Pk-GN3P1Wa20UTbr7OJaXiQeSD375u@mail.gmail.com> <FA2F29D4-F8E8-41A6-A471-DFE36C677B0D@freebsd.org> <AANLkTikZCUbwPF-grkAWQLVSL%2Bnm_NDBP%2B6ZLyYBNZxs@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Istv=E1n <leccine@gmail.com> wrote:
> I perfectly understand what you are saying and I have been DTracing on
> Solaris many times.
>
> Only problem here is that you don't get my point, but I try to explain it=
on
> the level you can get it.
>
>
> [root@freebsd9 /usr/ports/databases/postgresql90-server]# grep -iA3
> WITH_DTRACE Makefile
> . =A0if defined(WITH_DTRACE)
> CONFIGURE_ARGS+=3D--enable-dtrace
> LDFLAGS+=3D-lelf
> . =A0endif
>
> [root@freebsd9 /usr/ports/databases/postgresql90-server]# grep -i dtrace
> /var/db/ports/postgresql90/options
> WITH_DTRACE=3Dtrue
>
> [root@freebsd9 /usr/ports/databases/postgresql90-server]# make install cl=
ean
>
>
> What other dependency might cause the lack of DTrace bindings for
> postgres90-server?
>
>
> If you don't get my point at this stage then we don't have anything to ta=
lk
> about, and I don't understand how can the FreeBSD project use a tool like
> you. :)
>
>
> Hope I make it clear what is not working and what must work.
>
> I.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Rui Paulo <rpaulo@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 18 Oct 2010, at 22:37, Istv=E1n wrote:
>>
>> > So there is no out of the box solution for FreeBSD to use DTrace for a=
ny
>> userland app.
>>
>> What have I been saying ? Userland DTrace support works on FreeBSD 9.0, =
but
>> I don't think you understand what userland DTrace support requires. For
>> PostgreSQL and Ruby you need to re-compile the software with DTrace supp=
ort
>> enabled. This is the same on Solaris.
>>
>> >
>> > Is there somebody in the FreeBSD team actively working on this?
>> >
>> >
>> > I.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:33 PM, Rui Paulo <rpaulo@freebsd.org> wrote=
:
>> >
>> > On 18 Oct 2010, at 22:30, Istv=E1n wrote:
>> >
>> > > what should I do with the Makefile exactly? I can't see any dtrace
>> related information in it.
>> >
>> > Each software package has it's way of enabling DTrace during the build=
.
>> Check the postgres90-server port for an example on how to add DTrace sup=
port
>> to a port.
1. I'd do clean install, not install clean to start from a consistent s=
tate.
2. What do the autoconf logs say about dtrace support being
enabled (make clean configure will provide that data with the least
number of cycles spent)?
Thanks,
-Garrett
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