Index: Harness.java
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RCS file: /cvs/mauve/mauve/Harness.java,v
retrieving revision 1.26
diff -u -r1.26 Harness.java
--- Harness.java	13 Oct 2006 11:45:42 -0000	1.26
+++ Harness.java	19 Oct 2006 08:41:12 -0000
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@
 
   // The command to invoke for the VM on which we will run the tests.
   private static String vmCommand = null;
+
+  // A command that is prepended to the test commandline (e.g. strace, gdb, time)
+  private static String vmExtra = null;
   
   // Arguments to be passed to the VM
   private static String vmArgs = "";
@@ -315,6 +318,14 @@
                     "given after '-vm'.  Exit");
             vmCommand = args[i];
           }
+        else if (args[i].equals("-vmextra"))
+          {
+            // User wants to prepend a certain command.
+            if (++i >= args.length)
+              throw new RuntimeException ("No file" +
+                    "given after '-vmextra'.  Exit");
+            vmExtra = args[i] + " ";
+          }
         else if (args[i].equals("-timeout"))
           {
             // User wants to change the timeout value.
@@ -634,7 +645,11 @@
     StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(" RunnerProcess");
     for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++)      
       sb.append(" " + args[i]);      
-    sb.insert(0, vmCommand + vmArgs);
+
+    if (vmExtra != null)
+      sb.insert(0, vmExtra + vmCommand + vmArgs);
+    else
+      sb.insert(0, vmCommand + vmArgs);
     
     try
       {
Index: README
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RCS file: /cvs/mauve/mauve/README,v
retrieving revision 1.26
diff -u -r1.26 README
--- README	22 Jun 2006 20:03:21 -0000	1.26
+++ README	19 Oct 2006 08:41:12 -0000
@@ -146,6 +146,17 @@
   
   HARNESSVM Harness javax.swing.JTable -vm jamvm -vmarg -Xnocompact
 
+  For debugging purposes it may be helpful to run the testprocess with a
+  special program like strace, time or gdb. To prepend such a command before
+  the VM use the -vmextra argument and specify a path to the program you want
+  to run:
+
+  -vmextra [extrapath]
+
+  For example, the following command will run a Socket test with strace on
+  Cacao:
+
+  HARNESSVM Harness java.net.Socket -vm cacao -vmextra strace
 
 2.  Selecting a subset of the tests to run