It may be more that there is little need to know the initial process's pid, since unlike the children, you don't need to "find its place in the order of things".
Regardless, it doesn't match documentation, so either the docs or the behavior ought to be fixed. ** Bug watch added: SourceForge.net Tracker #1528125 http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1528125 ** Also affects: strace (upstream) via http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1528125 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: strace (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- 'strace -ff -o filename' doesn't give a pid of first process https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/53976 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
