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Re: new core files
- To: cygwin-developers <cygwin-developers@sourceware.cygnus.com>
- Subject: Re: new core files
- From: Mumit Khan <khan@xraylith.wisc.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 16:21:56 -0500
- cc: Mikey <jeffdb@goodnet.com>
Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com> writes:
> On Mon, May 10, 1999 at 07:48:00PM +0000, Mikey wrote:
> >The reason that win32 doesn't support core dumps
> >is that it supports JIT debugging.
>
> Didn't Egor's previous patch pretty much accomplish this?
>
> Core files definitely have a use that is not encompassed by JIT debugging.
JIT is a good technology, but it's limited to interactive debugging as the
name says. I've had people email me 100MB core dumps and that was the only
way I could find certain problems that needed certain OS environment etc
that I just couldn't reproduce.
I believe JIT technology is capable of supporting these "post-mortem dumps",
but it's a lot of work to get it right.
I like core files. No wait, I hate core files ;-)
Regards,
Mumit