Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 11:28:53 -0500 From: Gerard Samuel <fbsd-questions@trini0.org> To: Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Generating Backtrace on FBSD 5.3 Message-ID: <4208E8C5.7060307@trini0.org> In-Reply-To: <20050208163936.6c2877b2.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> References: <4208D71C.7000207@trini0.org> <20050208163936.6c2877b2.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org>
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Miguel Mendez wrote: >On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 10:13:32 -0500 >Gerard Samuel <fbsd-questions@trini0.org> wrote: > > > >>Im trying to figure out how to generate a >>backtrace from a core dump of subversion, to send >>to subversion developers. >>What tools are available to read a core dump file, >>to generate this backtrace on FreeBSD 5.3? >>I'm trying to understand gdb, but Im not sure if >>this is what I'm looking for. >>$ gdb -c svn.core >> >> > >gdb /path/to/svn svn.core is what you want. But for that to be useful >you need a svn executable built with debugging info. This can be done by >building the port with CFLAGS having the '-g' option and STRIP set to >null, so you don't lose that info while installing. > >(deinstall svn first) >e.g.: cd /usr/ports/devel/subversion && env CFLAGS="-g" STRIP="" make >install > >Then try to reproduce the error and run gdb. Once in gdb use the command >'bt' to get a backtrace. > I'll give that a shot. Thanks
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