From: Simon Ruderich Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 14:20:43 +0000 (+0100) Subject: README: /proc/self/exe is required for _IGNORED_BINARIES. X-Git-Tag: 0.2~10 X-Git-Url: https://ruderich.org/simon/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=def64ef65188bbb181ec28e527e23de2ec5bede5;p=coloredstderr%2Fcoloredstderr.git README: /proc/self/exe is required for _IGNORED_BINARIES. --- diff --git a/README b/README index d7ef1de..dd2113a 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ README coloredstderr is a small library which uses 'LD_PRELOAD' to color stderr. It ``follows'' dups, has minimal performance overhead and can ignore certain -binaries (requires /proc). +binaries. Like all solutions using 'LD_PRELOAD' it only works with dynamically linked binaries. Statically linked binaries, for example valgrind, are not supported. @@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ The following additional environment variables are available: Comma separated list of binary names/paths which should not be tracked (including their children). Useful for `reset` which writes to the terminal, but fails to work if the output is colored. See below for an example. + Requires `/proc/self/exe`. All environment variables starting with 'COLORED_STDERR_PRIVATE_*' are internal variables used by the implementation and should not be set manually. @@ -158,8 +159,8 @@ KNOWN ISSUES inlines the code into the program without calling any function. - Test `test_stdio.sh` fails on FreeBSD, because FreeBSD does handle the above correctly (no inlining), but the test is designed for GNU/Linux. -- 'COLORED_STDERR_IGNORED_BINARIES' requires the `/proc` file system. - Suggestions welcome. +- 'COLORED_STDERR_IGNORED_BINARIES' requires `/proc/self/exe`. Suggestions + welcome. - Output of `strace` is not always colored correctly as the output from `coloredstderr` is traced and displayed as well. Suggestions welcome.