Apple Quietly Fixes DTrace

In January we discussed a blog entry revealing that Apple had "crippled" its DTrace port. As the author notes in a followup post, to say that DTrace had been "crippled" was at least overstated: "Unfortunately, most reactions seized on a headline paraphrasing a line of the post — albeit with the critical negation omitted." In an updated entry, the poster notes that Apple has made good (so we have too): "One issue was that timer based probes wouldn't fire if certain applications were actively executing (e.g. iTunes). This was evident both by counting periodic probe firings, and by the absence of certain applications when profiling. The good news is that Apple has (quietly) fixed the problem in Mac OS X 10.5.3."

Comments

Give me a break.

[ipjohnson]

How many people here where actually affected by the D-Trace bug in OS X. I'd be willing to lay down 100 bucks that say 90% of the people that complained had no idea the bug was there until the story was posted ... including you. So why get so high and mighty about something doesn't even change your day to day activities. Seriously I own a Mac and I write software on it from time to time but does some missing functionality in D-Trace make a difference NO!

Its just another reason for D-Bags like you to make a stink.

Apple Quietly Fixes DTrace but

[pandrijeczko]

...for those fanbois who still feel the need to personally thank Uncle Steve, he is currently bent over in reception with his trousers round his ankles waiting for you.