Public bug reported: I was using crashdump on Precise on a clean server install and found "crash" requires /usr/bin/strings from binutils:
root@ubuntu:~/crash# crash ../usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-3.2.0-33-generic VmCore crash 5.1.6 Copyright (C) 2002-2011 Red Hat, Inc. Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006 IBM Corporation Copyright (C) 1999-2006 Hewlett-Packard Co Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Fujitsu Limited Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 VA Linux Systems Japan K.K. Copyright (C) 2005 NEC Corporation Copyright (C) 1999, 2002, 2007 Silicon Graphics, Inc. Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Mission Critical Linux, Inc. This program 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. Enter "help copying" to see the conditions. This program has absolutely no warranty. Enter "help warranty" for details. GNU gdb (GDB) 7.0 Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"... sh: 1: /usr/bin/strings: not found WARNING: kernels compiled by different gcc versions: ../usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-3.2.0-33-generic: (unknown) VmCore kernel: 4.6.3 WARNING: kernel version inconsistency between vmlinux and dumpfile crash: incompatible arguments: ../usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-3.2.0-33-generic is not SMP -- VmCore is SMP ..installing binutils resolved this; so I think we need binutils as a dependancy. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Low Assignee: Stefan Bader (stefan-bader-canonical) Status: New ** Changed in: linux-meta (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Stefan Bader (stefan-bader-canonical) ** Changed in: linux-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1079094 Title: crashdump requires the "strings" command - dependancy on bintutils To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1079094/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
