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| author | Thierry Vignaud <thierry.vignaud@gmail.com> | 2013-11-12 10:59:00 +0100 |
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| committer | Thierry Vignaud <thierry.vignaud@gmail.com> | 2013-11-12 21:30:57 +0100 |
| commit | 2b80ee5e648b7b1001119c74c9b416dea217f9e1 (patch) | |
| tree | 60f5ad93250a3fe9c04b16e47836d0f152c30095 | |
| parent | dd28f6573bad3a9a4a4b86a22be7cbdca1bf99b8 (diff) | |
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explain how to get a stack trace
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diff --git a/perl-install/install/share/gdb-inst b/perl-install/install/share/gdb-inst index 84c2db9bf..d5ab6c6ca 100644 --- a/perl-install/install/share/gdb-inst +++ b/perl-install/install/share/gdb-inst @@ -1,2 +1,22 @@ #!/bin/sh -exec gdb -q --args perl /usr/bin/install2
\ No newline at end of file +cat <<EOF +You can now type "run" in order to start the installer from within the debugger. +If it segfaults, you can: +- go back to tty2 by pressing Alt+Ctlr+F2. +- type "gcore" in order to generate a core file +- type "exit" to go back to the shell. +- you can then: + o either plug a USB key to your physical/virtual machine and copy the + core.XXXX file on it + o copy it to /mnt if you already passed the partitionning step ; + you can later retrieve it from another OS (dual boot) or using guestfish if + it's a virtual machine + +On a real Mageia system, you can then install the needed debuginfo packages and +get a proper stack trace with GDB. You would probably need at least the +following packages: + urpmi {glibc,perl{,-Glib,-Gtk2},glib2.0,gtk+2.0}-debuginfo + + +EOF +exec gdb -q --args perl /usr/bin/install2 |