On Mon, 18 Aug 2025 09:09:41 -0600 Troy Heber <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: wnpp > Control: affects -1 + src:crash > X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected] > Severity: normal > > I intend to orphan the crash package. > > The package description is: > The core analysis suite is a self-contained tool that can be used to > investigate either live systems, or multiple different core dump formats > including kdump, LKCD, netdump and diskdump. > . > o The tool is loosely based on the SVR4 crash command, but has been > completely integrated with gdb in order to be able to display > formatted kernel data structures, disassemble source code, etc. > . > o The current set of available commands consist of common kernel core > analysis tools such as a context-specific stack traces, source code > disassembly, kernel variable displays, memory display, dumps of > linked-lists, etc. In addition, any gdb command may be entered, > which in turn will be passed onto the gdb module for execution. > . > o There are several commands that delve deeper into specific kernel > subsystems, which also serve as templates for kernel developers > to create new commands for analysis of a specific area of interest. > Adding a new command is a simple affair, and a quick recompile > adds it to the command menu. > . > o The intent is to make the tool independent of Linux version dependencies, > building in recognition of major kernel code changes so as to adapt to > new kernel versions, while maintaining backwards compatibility. > >
Troy et al., I'd like to take this on and bump it to upstream 9.0.0. I'm not a DD but I've already prep'ed a repo and put it on Salsa: https://salsa.debian.org/juergh/crash Please, let me know how to proceed from here. Thanks ...Juerg
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