Re: [Pgbuildfarm-members] Running gdb on core files

On 06/14/2013 04:27 AM, Christian Ullrich wrote:
> run_build.pl calls gdb on detected cores as:
>
> gdb -ex bt --batch $bindir/postgres $core
>
> The -ex option was added in gdb 6.4, released in 2005. One might
> assume that was long enough ago, but, alas, FreeBSD's system gdb is
> still version 6.1.1 (for GPLv3 reasons apparently, and there is a 7.6
> in ports). Interestingly enough, gdb 6.1.1 accepts the current command
> line without complaint -- but also without result.
>
> The attached patch replaces -ex with -x and writes a command file for
> it to read.
>
> Alternatively, run_build.pl could check the gdb version, and if it
> encounters anything before 6.4, just print a notice that there is no
> backtrace.
>
>

Thanks,

this and your other patch have been included in the latest release with
slight changes.

cheers

andrew