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| author | Dave Brolley <brolley@redhat.com> | 2008-08-29 16:17:42 -0400 |
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| committer | Dave Brolley <brolley@redhat.com> | 2008-08-29 16:17:42 -0400 |
| commit | 38fc25042d35967e8488cb8f3545f07c44ef1224 (patch) | |
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| parent | 0cbf1fef13d340b4a6d01fe7242a6d0c098e8d6c (diff) | |
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Update NEWS regarding the systemtap client/server.
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@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ 2008-08-29 Dave Brolley <brolley@redhat.com> * stap-server.8.in: New man page. + * NEWS: Announce the availability of the client/server. * Makefile.am (man_MANS): Add stap-server.8. * configure.ac (AC_CONFIG_FILE): Add stap-server.8. * Makefile.in: Regenerated. @@ -1,5 +1,14 @@ * What's new +- Prototype systemtap client and compile server are now available. + These allow you to compile a systemtap module on a host other than + the one which it will be run, providing the client and server + are compatible. Other than using a server for passes 1 through + 4, the client behaves like the 'stap' front end itself. This + means, among other things, that the client will automatically + load the resulting module on the local host unless -p[1234] + was specified. See stap-server(8) for more details. + - Global variables which are written to but never read are now automatically displayed when the session does a shutdown. For example: |