On Tue, 29 Sep 2020 22:16:33 +0800 Zamir SUN <sztsian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 9/29/20 9:44 PM, Zamir SUN wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm packaging trace-cmd 2.9 into Fedora. > > > > Back in trace-cmd 2.8, all the plugins are under > > $(libdir)/trace-cmd/plugins. While as of trace-cmd 2.9, I find the > > traceevent plugins are installed in $(libdir) by default. This brings up > > an interesting situation - the perf tool also contains a copy of the > > traceevent in the same directory. So this means trace-cmd and perf have > > file conflicts. In terms of packaging, this means users can only install > > one of them, not in parallel (at least for Fedora). So I'd like to see > > if there are existing proposals or suggestions for which one is expected > > to be used by other utilities? Or is there any official plan to move one > > of them to the other directory? > > > > I'm copying Tzvetomir and Jiri as I think you're the first people for > > getting the plugins in this directory for trace-cmd and perf respectively. > > > > Sorry, I just saw an email from Steven mentioning there will be a stand > alone libtraceevent. However I did not find it in git.kernel.org. So I > probably should ask if the stand alone version of libtraceevent is ready > now? No but this gives me incentive to make it so very soon! -- Steve