I couldn't build the zesty debdiff on the arm64 porter box due to not being able to install the dependencies to build it. I did get the yakkety one to build and then extracted the package contents and used gdb from there. I was then able to create core files with this new gdb.
GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.11.90.20161005-0ubuntu1.1) 7.11.90.20161005-git Copyright (C) 2016 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 "arm-linux-gnueabihf". Type "show configuration" for configuration details. For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>. Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>. For help, type "help". Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word"... Reading symbols from cat...(no debugging symbols found)...done. (gdb) Starting program: /bin/cat Cannot parse expression `.L954 4@r4'. warning: Probes-based dynamic linker interface failed. Reverting to original interface. Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0xf772f9e4 in read () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:84 84 ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S: No such file or directory. (gdb) Saved corefile /tmp/tmp8x5x1scn/my.core I went so far as to run the generate-crashes script and it created core files for multiple applications. ** Changed in: gdb (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: gdb (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1645501 Title: corefiles not created in armhf chroot on arm64 porter To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdb/+bug/1645501/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
