| From: | Qingqing Zhou <zhouqq(at)cs(dot)toronto(dot)edu> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: A script to make some bug report easier |
| Date: | 2005-10-27 19:53:56 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.58.0510271551160.5423@eon.cs |
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On Thu, 27 Oct 2005, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> Does that actually work? On most of the platforms I use, gdb doesn't
> get far with only a core file, you have to tell it which executable file
> to reference.
Yeah, it works. There is a command in the script like:
file ./postgres
> Worse, many distros ship executables stripped, which means gdb'ing is a
> pretty useless activity anyway.
>
True.
> A bigger problem is that we've largely stopped shipping shell scripts as
> part of the distro, because they don't work on Windows.
>
True. Do you believe any need to design/write a tool like automating bug
report?
Regards,
Qingqing
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