cross gdb core file handling

[mats.lindberg@se.transport.bombardier.com]

Hi I'm trying to build cross gdb's with host Solaris and targets FreeBSD
and also Linux
My main use for this is to analyse coredumps from these two targets on my
host environment.
My FreeBSD-target gdb works fine but the linux one refuses to even look at
a core file.
I've built both with gdb-6.3 sources on my host system using gcc-3.4.3 and
configured both with only --prefix and --target configure options.
Firing them up looks like
...
siglim@hlmxserv08 > ./i386-freebsd-gdb
GNU gdb 6.3
Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you
are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain
conditions.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "--host=sparc-sun-solaris2.8
--target=i386-freebsd".
(gdb) core /home/siglim/tmp/core.520
Core was generated by `fspa'.
#0  0x281a665b in ?? ()
...
And the cross linux one
...
siglim@hlmxserv08 > ./i386-linux-gdb
GNU gdb 6.3
Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you
are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain
conditions.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "--host=sparc-sun-solaris2.8
--target=i386-linux".
(gdb) core kalle
GDB can't read core files on this machine.
(gdb)

Does anyone have a remedy for this?

Mats


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