From owner-freebsd-current Fri Aug 1 07:45:26 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA23255 for current-outgoing; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 07:45:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail11.digital.com (mail11.digital.com [192.208.46.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA23250 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 07:45:22 -0700 (PDT) From: garyj@frt.dec.com Received: from cssmuc.frt.dec.com (cssmuc.frt.dec.com [16.186.96.161]) by mail11.digital.com (8.7.5/UNX 1.5/1.0/WV) with SMTP id KAA13399 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 10:39:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost by cssmuc.frt.dec.com; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/14Nov95-0232PM) id AA13051; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 16:39:30 +0200 Message-Id: <9708011439.AA13051@cssmuc.frt.dec.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.4 10/10/95 To: current@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Message from Bill Paul of Fri, 01 Aug 97 02:24:07 EDT. Reply-To: gjennejohn@frt.dec.com Subject: Re: httpd in free(): warning: modified (page-) pointer. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 01 Aug 97 16:39:30 +0200 X-Mts: smtp Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu writes: > Caveats: > > o With our gdb, it is sometimes difficult to use a core dump > to properly debug things: you will be able to get a stack > trace and locate the exact line in the source where the program > died, however not all of the environment is preserved: variables > are not properly reloaded with the values they posessed when > the crash took place. If the program crashes while being run > in gdb, then you can examine variables and memory contents > with no problems, but trying to do it with just the crash dump > and the executable doesn't seem to work. (It seems to work with > kernel crash dumps though.) I wish it did; it would make my life > a lot easier. > has it always had this problem or did it start after the changes in -current to eliminate the user structure ? --- Gary Jennejohn (work) gjennejohn@frt.dec.com (home) Gary.Jennejohn@munich.netsurf.de (play) gj@freebsd.org