Re: [PATCH/RFA] Don't gdbarch_init for core files

[Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>]

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> 
> On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 08:30:35PM -0700, Jason R Thorpe wrote:
> > On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 10:48:13PM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> >
> >  > is [almost] no different to deleting the call - GDB isn't yet built with
> >  > multiple architectures so the two architectures will always be identical.
> >  >
> >  > Looking at the date/author of the original patch [and making a wild
> >  > guess], I think the original change was related to debugging 32 bit core
> >  > files on a SPARC64 system.  Michael?
> >
> > Well, I know Solaris dumps a 32-bit core file for a 32-bit binary,
> > and a 64-bit core file for a 64-bit binary.
> >
> > I simply fail to see any reason why you'd want to re-initialize the
> > gdbarch for a core file.
> >
> > I guess I really do need to know why the change was added in the first
> > place (the message with the original patch doesn't describe the problem
> > the patch is trying to solve).
> 
> Just a guess - debugging a core file without an original binary?

Bingo!   ;-)