Re: [Bug 680588] Re: gcore produces core file without backtrace capability

2011-10-06 Thread Kees Cook
I feel like it's a pretty straight forward thing to test. Either gdb has sensible output or it doesn't for this patch. :) That said, I was hoping to see the Maverick SRU finished first so that the even more invasive Lucid patch would then have the Maverick SRU to stand on for supporting evidence of

Re: [Bug 680588] Re: gcore produces core file without backtrace capability

2011-09-22 Thread Kees Cook
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 04:57:13AM -, Martin Pitt wrote: > This is quite an intrusive patch, maverick's gdb is not totally broken, > and maverick certainly isn't a very active development platform any > more. Given the regression potential and that this is not a serious > issue for users, I hav