20060106: core file produced on sasquatch.tamu.edu (cont.)

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>From: Steve Emmerson <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200601061616.k06GGP7s004242 LDM large file core dump gdb

Steve,

re: I interpret strange gdb output to mean that either the core file 
presumably from rpc.ldmd is completely hosed, or gdb can not handle
large core files.  Any ideas?

>I suspect your suspicions are correct: that the programming environments
>of gdb(1) and rpc.ldmd(1) are incompatible -- possibly due to the size
>of an "off_t".
>
>Is another gdb(1) available on Sasquatch?

Not that I know of.

Cheers,

Tom
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