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Re: [PATCH] Use '--readnever' when invoking GDB from gcore.in
- From: Kevin Buettner <kevinb at redhat dot com>
- To: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Cc: Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj at redhat dot com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 16:12:20 -0700
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use '--readnever' when invoking GDB from gcore.in
- References: <20190222182447.15061-1-sergiodj@redhat.com>
On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 13:24:47 -0500
Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com> wrote:
> Back when I proposed the '--readnever' feature, I somehow forgot or
> decided not to include the bits related to gcore.in in the original
> patch. This patch finally updates the gcore script to invoke GDB
> using '--readnever'.
>
> We've been carrying this patch on Fedora GDB for quite some time, and
> as expected the corefiles generated by gcore on Fedora don't have
> problems, which I think is the best indicator that the it's safe to
> generate corefiles using '--readnever'.
>
> OK to check in?
LGTM.
Kevin