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Re: RFC: find core dumps on Linux
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>
- To: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 18:49:01 -0400
- Subject: Re: RFC: find core dumps on Linux
- References: <vt2u1bmr4jj.fsf@zenia.red-bean.com>
On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 05:37:52PM -0500, Jim Blandy wrote:
>
> I didn't realize this, but for a very long time, gdb.base/coredump.exp
> has been broken on Linux. Linux creates core files named 'core.PID';
> the test suite didn't know how to find them, so it suggested you check
> your 'ulimit -c' setting and skipped the tests.
Seems reasonable to me. It'll clean up better than before, too.
> 2003-05-22 Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
>
> * gdb.base/corefile.exp: Find corefiles on Linux, which names them
> 'core.PID'.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer