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Date:      Sun, 21 Nov 2004 11:07:40 -0800
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>
To:        David Schultz <das@freebsd.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/compat/pecoff imgact_pecoff.c src/sys/i386/linux linux_sysvec.c src/sys/kern imgact_aout.c
Message-ID:  <200411211107.41364.peter@wemm.org>
In-Reply-To: <200411200232.iAK2W4KS001459@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200411200232.iAK2W4KS001459@repoman.freebsd.org>

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On Friday 19 November 2004 06:32 pm, David Schultz wrote:
>   Modified files:
>     sys/compat/pecoff    imgact_pecoff.c
>     sys/i386/linux       linux_sysvec.c
>     sys/kern             imgact_aout.c
>   Log:
>   Maintain the broken state of backwards compatibilty for a.out (and
>   PECOFF!) core dumps.  None of the old versions of gdb I tried were
>   able to read a.out core dumps before or after this change.

I think we should remove the broken core support entirely from these 
files.  PECOFF core dump support was a case of cut/pasting the easiest 
one to duplicate.  I don't recall gdb ever having a.out coredump 
support attached to pecoff executables.  It was just a checklist item.
-- 
Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com
"All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5



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