GDB can't read core files on this machine.

["Wolcott, Ken (MED, Compuware)" <Ken dot Wolcott at med dot ge dot com>]

Hi;

  I've looked for this error msg via www.google.com

  GDB can't read core files on this machine.

  I obtain several hits, but this one is interesting:

http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb/2001-06/msg00056.html

  I recently compiled an i686-pc-linux-gnu gdb using gdb 6.0 and a cross gdb 
for arm9 using gdb 6.0.  Both of these gdb binaries were unable to to look at 
an arm9 corefile.

  When will gdb be able to look at corefiles from a target platform which is 
not identical to the host platform?

  I've tried to work around this problem by trying to create a native arm9 gdb 
from gdb 6.0, but it creates an i686 gdb binary...

Thanks in advance for any help,
Ken