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From: Wade Farnsworth <wade_farnsworth@mentor.com>
To: <systemtap@sourceware.org>, <jistone@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/3] PR12331: Document --sysroot and --sysenv
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:48:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F50DDC1.9000007@mentor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F50DD69.1000601@mentor.com>

Update stap.1 and NEWS to document the new options.
---
 NEWS   |    3 +++
 stap.1 |   11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6b52cf9..e5142c8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
   removed in release 1.9:
       daddr_to_string()
 
+- Addition of stap --sysroot and --sysenv options to facilitate different
+  paths and environment variables at run-time.
+
 * What's new in version 1.7, 2012-02-01
 
 - Map inserting and deleting is now significantly faster due to
diff --git a/stap.1 b/stap.1
index 731ed21..cc7ebad 100644
--- a/stap.1
+++ b/stap.1
@@ -527,7 +527,18 @@ show abrt output, and ask before continuing download. No timeout will be set.
 .BI <timeout>
 specify a timeout as a positive number to stop the download if it is taking 
 too long.
+.RE
+
+.TP
+.BI \-\-sysroot "=DIR"
+Specify sysroot directory where target files (executables, libraries, etc.)
+are located.
 
+.TP
+.BI \-\-sysenv "=VAR=VALUE"
+Provide an alternate value for an environment variable where the value on a
+remote system differs.  Path variables (e.g. PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH) are assumed
+to be relative to the sysroot.
 
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 
-- 
1.7.0.4

  reply	other threads:[~2012-03-02 14:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-01-09 14:51 [PATCH] Add --sysroot option Wade Farnsworth
2012-01-20 15:49 ` Wade Farnsworth
2012-01-20 18:11 ` Josh Stone
2012-02-09 18:26 ` [PATCH v2] PR12331: Introduce stap options --sysroot and --sysenv Wade Farnsworth
2012-02-17 14:39   ` Wade Farnsworth
2012-02-24 22:56   ` Josh Stone
2012-03-02 14:47   ` [PATCH v3 0/3] " Wade Farnsworth
2012-03-02 14:48     ` Wade Farnsworth [this message]
2012-03-02 14:48     ` [PATCH v3 1/3] " Wade Farnsworth
2012-03-02 14:49     ` [PATCH v3 3/3] PR12331: Add testcase for " Wade Farnsworth
2012-03-08 14:48     ` [PATCH v4 0/3] Introduce stap options " Wade Farnsworth
2012-03-08 14:49       ` [PATCH v4 1/3] PR12331: " Wade Farnsworth
2012-03-08 14:50       ` [PATCH v4 2/3] PR12331: Document " Wade Farnsworth
2012-03-08 14:51       ` [PATCH v4 3/3] PR12331: Add testcase for " Wade Farnsworth
2012-03-09  6:56       ` [PATCH v4 0/3] Introduce stap options " Josh Stone

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