Re: [patch/rfc/testsuite] Test GDB on not-so-little core files

Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2004-01-14T14:56:40Z

> testcase /house/chastain/gdb/s1/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/bigcore.exp completed in 183 seconds
> testcase src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/bigcore.exp completed in 4 seconds

Figures prove: Linux dumps core faster! :)

Part of the difference is that I'm using an NFS file system.
But a lot of it may be sparse file support in Linux.

I can't comment on the program itself right now, maybe later.

Michael C