On 31/03/10 19:48, Malcolm Bibby wrote: > Today, I downloaded the Valgrind package and used it. I need to bore > down further, so I attempted to invoke "--track-origins=yes". The > result was: > valgrind: Bad option '--track-origins=yes'; aborting. > valgrind: Use --help for more information. > > I tried replacing track with trace and that gave a similar answer. > > The platform is: > --19692-- Contents of /proc/version: > --19692-- Linux version 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 > ([email protected]) (gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 > (Red Hat 4.1.2-46)) #1 SMP Wed Jan 6 13:26:04 EST 2010 > --19692-- Arch and hwcaps: AMD64, amd64-sse2
Well if you hadn't trimmed that down we'd be able to see exactly what version of valgrind you were using and what options you had given it... > Is this a known bug, or is it a documentation problem? Neither - it works just fine for me. My guess would be that you're using too old a version - that option is present in the latest release. Tom -- Tom Hughes ([email protected]) http://compton.nu/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Valgrind-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/valgrind-users
