From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5286 invoked by alias); 31 Jan 2014 03:20:19 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 5273 invoked by uid 89); 31 Jan 2014 03:20:18 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: dmz-mailsec-scanner-3.mit.edu Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-3.mit.edu (HELO dmz-mailsec-scanner-3.mit.edu) (18.9.25.14) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Fri, 31 Jan 2014 03:20:16 +0000 Received: from mailhub-auth-3.mit.edu ( [18.9.21.43]) (using TLS with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-3.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id 82.90.03136.E661BE25; Thu, 30 Jan 2014 22:20:14 -0500 (EST) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (outgoing-auth-1.mit.edu [18.9.28.11]) by mailhub-auth-3.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id s0V3KCGv017775; Thu, 30 Jan 2014 22:20:13 -0500 Received: from macbook-pro.dienesfamily.org (c-76-119-84-110.hsd1.nh.comcast.net [76.119.84.110]) (authenticated bits=0) (User authenticated as klee@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.12.4) with ESMTP id s0V3K983018687 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Thu, 30 Jan 2014 22:20:11 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.1 \(1827\)) Subject: =?windows-1252?Q?Re=3A_GDB_w/_Mac_OS_cores=3A_=22no_core_file_ha?= =?windows-1252?Q?ndler=A0recognizes_format=22?= From: Klee Dienes In-Reply-To: <20140131020928.GY9810@adacore.com> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 03:20:00 -0000 Cc: gdb@sourceware.org, Joel Brobecker Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <1C03BC66-B7A2-4219-BCF9-C74288F9348E@mit.edu> References: <1391120555.28742.307.camel@pdsdesk> <20140131020928.GY9810@adacore.com> To: Paul Smith X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-01/txt/msg00037.txt.bz2 I wrote the core dump support for GDB while I was working at NeXT/Apple, an= d would be happy to help you if you want to fold it back into stock GDB. T= here should still be a copyright assignment on file for the time period it = was written (but a lot could have changed since then, so it=92s worth check= ing). You can also build the Apple GDB from the last sources released at h= ttp://opensource.apple.com/source/gdb/gdb-1344/ =97 the core dump support s= eems to be present but not quite right.=20 On Jan 30, 2014, at 9:09 PM, Joel Brobecker wrote: >> Unfortunately I can't get it to work at all; I always get this error: >>=20 >> $ ./x86_64-darwin/bin/gdb -c core.54937 myprog >> GNU gdb (GDB) 7.6.2 >> ... >> Reading symbols from myprog...Reading symbols from >> myprog.dSYM/Contents/Resources/DWARF/myprog...done. >> done. >> "core.54937": no core file handler recognizes format >=20 > I don't think we support core files on this platform. >=20 > --=20 > Joel