BUGS


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Significant bugs:


- fix problems with file resolution
- fix wandering problems
- use -v properly
- problem when you specify no filters.
- segfault when you specify no project


- using sscanf() for doing parsing is a bad idea
- separation of packages only works now for WR LDAT
- calculate full paths, rather than guessing that paths with no directory can be ignored. This requires replacing strace with a custom LD_PRELOAD library


Missing features:

1. Removing false positives when building local binaries. 

Many packages first compile a local binary, then use this local binary to compile some other source for the target.  This situation can be detected when local include and libraries are accessed, but then a binary in the target is executed.

This should be treated as a warning. 

2. Process trees

Track the processes that accessed the files, and create a file tree.

3. Correlate to console output

Use timestamped console output to correlate to the file accesses, which helps figure out where in a package build a file is being accessed.  Create an interactive tool to guide the user through this.

4. Detect when a local binary is accessed when a build system-provided tool could be used

Many build systems provide versions of tools that are sometimes found on the hos distribution. This situation can be detected by correlating binaries accessed to a list of build system-provided binaries. 

5. Mult-distribution predictive requirements generation

Sometimes, it is useful to generate a required package list without having to do the profile on the host.  This could be done by having access to that distribution's package database and comparing to a list of files accessed.  Note that this can never be accurate, since files are found in different places, and library versions may be different.