Why isn't there any xtruss package in any distribution? [on hold]
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xtruss is a very practical X11 debugging tool, mimicking the way strace/truss works, but with X11 windows instead of processes.
In order to use it, I always have to compile it from sources. What's the reason for it not being included in the standard repositories?
On centos:
yum search xtruss
...
No matches found
On debian:
apt-cache search xtruss
<nothing>
Is there something dubious or seriously broken about it I'm not aware of?
It's not a licensing issue (it's under a MIT/X11 licence), and I cannot believe I'm the only one using it.
x11 debugging
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xtruss is a very practical X11 debugging tool, mimicking the way strace/truss works, but with X11 windows instead of processes.
In order to use it, I always have to compile it from sources. What's the reason for it not being included in the standard repositories?
On centos:
yum search xtruss
...
No matches found
On debian:
apt-cache search xtruss
<nothing>
Is there something dubious or seriously broken about it I'm not aware of?
It's not a licensing issue (it's under a MIT/X11 licence), and I cannot believe I'm the only one using it.
x11 debugging
put on hold as primarily opinion-based by tink, Michael Homer, Jeff Schaller, Thomas Dickey, Stephen Harris Dec 5 at 22:50
Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
Status of xtruss (Taken from its homepage - I'm not surprised no one bundled it) As of 2009-05-11, xtruss is considered to be barely tested alpha. It works well enough that I've successfully debugged two real problems with it, but I'm not yet aware of anyone else having tried to use it. Testing would be appreciated. Bugs in the protocol decoder are probably numerous (unfortunately); reports of those would be best accompanied by a log file produced with the -R option, so that I can see both the original session data and its mistranslation.
– tink
Dec 5 at 18:39
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Doing your name honour, I see :D How about you package it, then?
– tink
Dec 5 at 18:59
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The only viable general answer here is "because you haven't packaged it yet"; the question is too broad applying to every distribution.
– Michael Homer
Dec 5 at 19:01
So, is tcpdump able to monitor unix sockets and parse the X11 protocol? Is there some command line interface to X11's RECORD extension that I could just install with apt-get? Yes? No? You don't know? You don't care? You don't even care to know what I'm talking about? Ah, I see. That's just a little forum where the regulars paste google search results and give each other likes. Sorry for bothering.
– user324446
yesterday
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xtruss is a very practical X11 debugging tool, mimicking the way strace/truss works, but with X11 windows instead of processes.
In order to use it, I always have to compile it from sources. What's the reason for it not being included in the standard repositories?
On centos:
yum search xtruss
...
No matches found
On debian:
apt-cache search xtruss
<nothing>
Is there something dubious or seriously broken about it I'm not aware of?
It's not a licensing issue (it's under a MIT/X11 licence), and I cannot believe I'm the only one using it.
x11 debugging
xtruss is a very practical X11 debugging tool, mimicking the way strace/truss works, but with X11 windows instead of processes.
In order to use it, I always have to compile it from sources. What's the reason for it not being included in the standard repositories?
On centos:
yum search xtruss
...
No matches found
On debian:
apt-cache search xtruss
<nothing>
Is there something dubious or seriously broken about it I'm not aware of?
It's not a licensing issue (it's under a MIT/X11 licence), and I cannot believe I'm the only one using it.
x11 debugging
x11 debugging
edited Dec 5 at 18:37
asked Dec 5 at 18:25
user324446
put on hold as primarily opinion-based by tink, Michael Homer, Jeff Schaller, Thomas Dickey, Stephen Harris Dec 5 at 22:50
Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
put on hold as primarily opinion-based by tink, Michael Homer, Jeff Schaller, Thomas Dickey, Stephen Harris Dec 5 at 22:50
Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
Status of xtruss (Taken from its homepage - I'm not surprised no one bundled it) As of 2009-05-11, xtruss is considered to be barely tested alpha. It works well enough that I've successfully debugged two real problems with it, but I'm not yet aware of anyone else having tried to use it. Testing would be appreciated. Bugs in the protocol decoder are probably numerous (unfortunately); reports of those would be best accompanied by a log file produced with the -R option, so that I can see both the original session data and its mistranslation.
– tink
Dec 5 at 18:39
1
Doing your name honour, I see :D How about you package it, then?
– tink
Dec 5 at 18:59
5
The only viable general answer here is "because you haven't packaged it yet"; the question is too broad applying to every distribution.
– Michael Homer
Dec 5 at 19:01
So, is tcpdump able to monitor unix sockets and parse the X11 protocol? Is there some command line interface to X11's RECORD extension that I could just install with apt-get? Yes? No? You don't know? You don't care? You don't even care to know what I'm talking about? Ah, I see. That's just a little forum where the regulars paste google search results and give each other likes. Sorry for bothering.
– user324446
yesterday
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Status of xtruss (Taken from its homepage - I'm not surprised no one bundled it) As of 2009-05-11, xtruss is considered to be barely tested alpha. It works well enough that I've successfully debugged two real problems with it, but I'm not yet aware of anyone else having tried to use it. Testing would be appreciated. Bugs in the protocol decoder are probably numerous (unfortunately); reports of those would be best accompanied by a log file produced with the -R option, so that I can see both the original session data and its mistranslation.
– tink
Dec 5 at 18:39
1
Doing your name honour, I see :D How about you package it, then?
– tink
Dec 5 at 18:59
5
The only viable general answer here is "because you haven't packaged it yet"; the question is too broad applying to every distribution.
– Michael Homer
Dec 5 at 19:01
So, is tcpdump able to monitor unix sockets and parse the X11 protocol? Is there some command line interface to X11's RECORD extension that I could just install with apt-get? Yes? No? You don't know? You don't care? You don't even care to know what I'm talking about? Ah, I see. That's just a little forum where the regulars paste google search results and give each other likes. Sorry for bothering.
– user324446
yesterday
Status of xtruss (Taken from its homepage - I'm not surprised no one bundled it) As of 2009-05-11, xtruss is considered to be barely tested alpha. It works well enough that I've successfully debugged two real problems with it, but I'm not yet aware of anyone else having tried to use it. Testing would be appreciated. Bugs in the protocol decoder are probably numerous (unfortunately); reports of those would be best accompanied by a log file produced with the -R option, so that I can see both the original session data and its mistranslation.
– tink
Dec 5 at 18:39
Status of xtruss (Taken from its homepage - I'm not surprised no one bundled it) As of 2009-05-11, xtruss is considered to be barely tested alpha. It works well enough that I've successfully debugged two real problems with it, but I'm not yet aware of anyone else having tried to use it. Testing would be appreciated. Bugs in the protocol decoder are probably numerous (unfortunately); reports of those would be best accompanied by a log file produced with the -R option, so that I can see both the original session data and its mistranslation.
– tink
Dec 5 at 18:39
1
1
Doing your name honour, I see :D How about you package it, then?
– tink
Dec 5 at 18:59
Doing your name honour, I see :D How about you package it, then?
– tink
Dec 5 at 18:59
5
5
The only viable general answer here is "because you haven't packaged it yet"; the question is too broad applying to every distribution.
– Michael Homer
Dec 5 at 19:01
The only viable general answer here is "because you haven't packaged it yet"; the question is too broad applying to every distribution.
– Michael Homer
Dec 5 at 19:01
So, is tcpdump able to monitor unix sockets and parse the X11 protocol? Is there some command line interface to X11's RECORD extension that I could just install with apt-get? Yes? No? You don't know? You don't care? You don't even care to know what I'm talking about? Ah, I see. That's just a little forum where the regulars paste google search results and give each other likes. Sorry for bothering.
– user324446
yesterday
So, is tcpdump able to monitor unix sockets and parse the X11 protocol? Is there some command line interface to X11's RECORD extension that I could just install with apt-get? Yes? No? You don't know? You don't care? You don't even care to know what I'm talking about? Ah, I see. That's just a little forum where the regulars paste google search results and give each other likes. Sorry for bothering.
– user324446
yesterday
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Status of xtruss (Taken from its homepage - I'm not surprised no one bundled it) As of 2009-05-11, xtruss is considered to be barely tested alpha. It works well enough that I've successfully debugged two real problems with it, but I'm not yet aware of anyone else having tried to use it. Testing would be appreciated. Bugs in the protocol decoder are probably numerous (unfortunately); reports of those would be best accompanied by a log file produced with the -R option, so that I can see both the original session data and its mistranslation.
– tink
Dec 5 at 18:39
1
Doing your name honour, I see :D How about you package it, then?
– tink
Dec 5 at 18:59
5
The only viable general answer here is "because you haven't packaged it yet"; the question is too broad applying to every distribution.
– Michael Homer
Dec 5 at 19:01
So, is tcpdump able to monitor unix sockets and parse the X11 protocol? Is there some command line interface to X11's RECORD extension that I could just install with apt-get? Yes? No? You don't know? You don't care? You don't even care to know what I'm talking about? Ah, I see. That's just a little forum where the regulars paste google search results and give each other likes. Sorry for bothering.
– user324446
yesterday