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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