Package: strace Version: 4.5.20-2.3 Severity: normal Dear maintainer,
The tranformation from an ioctl number to its canonical name (e.g. 0x80045430 -> TIOCGPTN) is done using only the 16 lower bits under linux. This may lead to interpreting wrong constants as a valid name. The bug #190887 is an example of misleading "rightly wrong" interpretation of a wrong constant. The ioctl 0x80005430 fails because it's not a valid ioctl number, but strace still display TIOCGPTN while it shouldn't. Best regards, Celelibi -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.36 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages strace depends on: ii libc6 2.13-35 strace recommends no packages. strace suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org