Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:47:32 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> To: Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no> Cc: Ed Maste <ed.maste@gmail.com>, cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Xin LI <delphij@freebsd.org>, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/truss Makefile amd64-fbsd.c extern.h i386-fbsd.c i386-linux.c ia64-fbsd.c main.c powerpc-fbsd.c setup.c sparc64-fbsd.c syscall.h syscalls.c truss.1 truss.h Message-ID: <20070412014732.GM2382@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <86abxemt1a.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <200704100403.l3A43ZnL057659@repoman.freebsd.org> <88607eb20704101217x4e3c81f9xf914f7da7714daf8@mail.gmail.com> <20070411195935.GA2382@elvis.mu.org> <88607eb20704111346q5c463b60w2547084231a11227@mail.gmail.com> <20070411220228.GG2382@elvis.mu.org> <86abxemt1a.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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* Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no> [070411 15:43] wrote: > Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> writes: > > Ed Maste <ed.maste@gmail.com> [070411 13:46] wrote: > > > Currently, without the -s option the core produced by gcore is > > > inconsistent, and it's that behaviour that would be eliminated with my > > > change. Do you actually have a use for inconsistent core files? > > Not so much as a need for an inconsistent core so much as a need > > for a core without halting the program for the time it takes to > > dump core. > > What Ed is trying to tell you is that the result will be a useless > core file. And what I'm trying to say is that he's wrong. One can still examine such a corefile to find valuable data. -- - Alfred Perlstein
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