It's probably worth noting I was testing with the following version of gdb from Trusty:
*** 7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.2 0 500 http://prodstack-zone-1.clouds.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1585702 Title: not possible to retrace ppc64el crashes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/1585702/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs