Bug#4611: Format CORE files under 2.1.3 and 2.0.22
Thanks for the patch. I'm forwarding it to the Debian bug-report
address so whomever takes over the gdb package will see it. The
package is currently orphaned and is not actively being supported.
David
Erik B. Andersen writes:
> From andersee@et.byu.edu Mon Oct 14 09:51:36 1996
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> From: andersee@et.byu.edu (Erik B. Andersen)
> Subject: Re: Format CORE files under 2.1.3 and 2.0.22 (fwd)
> To: david@ods.com
> Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 08:51:09 -0600 (MDT)
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> Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> >From POPmail Mon Oct 14 07:25:29 1996
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> To: andersee@et.byu.edu (Erik B. Andersen)
> Subject: Re: Format CORE files under 2.1.3 and 2.0.22
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> From: ebiederm@cse.unl.edu (Eric W. Biederman)
> Date: 14 Oct 1996 07:19:45 -0500
> In-Reply-To: andersee@et.byu.edu's message of Sun, 13 Oct 1996 15:51:58 -0600 (MDT)
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> >>>>> "Erik" == Erik B Andersen <andersee@et.byu.edu> writes:
>
> Erik> I have the exact same problem. I am using Debian-1.1.11 with all the
> Erik> latest package updates. I am using kernel 2.0.22. I submitted a
> Erik> bug report to the Debian bug tracking mailing list, where I describe this
> Erik> problem is GREAT detail ( For my report see
> Erik> http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk:/users/iwj10/debian-bugs/db/4611.html )
> Erik> I have no idea what the problem is, or whether it is kernel related or not,
> Erik> but it certainly makes debugging things a pain. Any ideas?
> Erik> -Erik
>
> Yes, when gdb is compiled it doesn't like to include elf support. :(
> There are some system header files that try do some sophisticate
> detection and do things only when gdb includes it and fails.
>
> The following patch applied to usr/include/sys/procfs.h fixes it for
> me. This was inspired by a posting on linux-gcc quite a while ago.
>
> This is all I know.
>
> Eric
>
> --- procfs.h~ Sat Jun 10 19:26:06 1995
> +++ procfs.h Tue Jul 9 22:56:09 1996
> @@ -2,30 +2,13 @@
> #define _SYS_PROCFS_H
>
> /* Are we included by gdb/bfd and using the right compiler? */
> -#if (defined(START_INFERIOR_TRAPS_EXPECTED) || \
> - defined(TRAD_CORE_EXTRA_SIZE_ALLOWED)) && \
> - defined(__ELF__) && defined(__linux__)
> -
> -/* We test if we have the ELF patches installed. */
> -#include <linux/sys.h>
> -
> -#ifdef sys_quotactl
> +#if defined(__ELF__) && defined(__linux__)
>
> /* This is strictly for gdb/bfd only. */
> #define HAVE_PROCFS
>
> /* We just need it for gdb/bfd. */
> #include <linux/elfcore.h>
> -
> -#else /* sys_quotactl */
> -
> -/* Oops. Just silence it. */
> -#undef HAVE_PROCFS
> -
> -#endif /* sys_quotactl */
> -
> -/* Don't pollute. */
> -#undef sys_quotactl
>
> #endif /* __ELF__ && __linux__ */
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Erik B. Andersen Web: http://www.et.byu.edu/~andersee/
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