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Date:      Sat, 24 Feb 2001 18:19:08 -0800
From:      Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com
To:        "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, Jim Pirzyk <Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com>
Subject:   Re: gdb and debugging Linux binaries
Message-ID:  <iss.71d4.3a986b9c.82c4d.1@fanimap.fan.fa.disney.com>

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> On 22-Feb-01 Greg Lehey wrote:
> > > /compat/linux/
> > > /usr/bin/gdb, it says the core file is in the wrong format:
> > >
> > > Couldn't fetch registers from core file: File in wrong format
> > > Couldn't fetch register set 2 from core file: File in wrong format
> > >
> > > So what is the correct procedure for debugging Linux binaries?
> >  
> >  Have you tried the Linux gdb?
> 
> He said he did.
> The problem is the binary is in linux format but the coredump is in FreeBSD
> format..

yes the crux of the problem, so does anyone have patches
to the kernel so that linux binaries dump in linux core
file format?

> 
> You can still attach to processes etc though I think.

If I can keep the program running.  The program has its
own signal handlers and I cannot stop it before it crashes

- JimP

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