Getting started with DTrace in FreeBSD-current (a.k.a. 8)

[Peter Jeremy]

On 2008-Jun-21 21:21:21 +0000, John Birrell <jb at what-creek.com> wrote:
>The fact that uid_t is not being recognised is just a consequence of
>dtrace being used without CTF data in the kernel. If you haven't got
>CTF data in your kernel, then dtrace is of no use to you.

How easy would it be to fix this?

IMHO, we should be able to build DTrace-ready applications on a system
without DTrace installed.  The whole point of the package mechanism is
to be able to build on one system and run on another - consider trying
to debug problems on a thin client.  Ideally (IMHO), we should be able
to run a DTrace-enabled application on a non-DTrace kernel (obviously
without DTrace).

-- 
Peter Jeremy
Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement
an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour.
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