From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Aug 28 18:40: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FB1B37B43E for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2000 18:40:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id SAA57630; Mon, 28 Aug 2000 18:40:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from drugs.dv.isc.org (drugs.dv.isc.org [130.155.191.236]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A05E837B422 for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2000 18:30:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from marka@localhost) by drugs.dv.isc.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA29962; Tue, 29 Aug 2000 12:32:55 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from marka) Message-Id: <200008290132.MAA29962@drugs.dv.isc.org> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 12:32:55 +1100 (EST) From: marka@nominum.com Reply-To: marka@nominum.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 Subject: gnu/20912: gdb does not recognise old executables Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 20912 >Category: gnu >Synopsis: gdb does not recognise old executables. >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Aug 28 18:40:01 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Mark Andrews >Release: FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE i386 >Organization: nominum.com >Environment: FreeBSD drugs.dv.isc.org 4.1-STABLE FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE #0: Fri Aug 25 14:45:11 EST 2000 marka@drugs.dv.isc.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/DRUGS i386 >Description: gdb does not recognise old executables. % file /usr/local/lib/netscape/communicator-4.75.bin /usr/local/lib/netscape/communicator-4.75.bin: FreeBSD/i386 compact demand paged dynamically linked executable % gdb /usr/local/lib/netscape/communicator-4.75.bin GNU gdb 4.18 Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i386-unknown-freebsd"... "/usr/local/lib/netscape/communicator-4.75.bin": not in executable format: File format not recognized (gdb) quit % >How-To-Repeat: Install netscape 4.75: Try to use gdb to look at the netscape executable. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message