On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 12:20:35PM +0200, subhuman wrote: > > That's a command to be typed at the gdb prompt, and the output of it is > > what I am after. > > You should have told me that
I did, in one of my earlier mails. > > Besides, you ran gdb as "gdb abiword": This will probably run the 2.6.8 > > executable, and not the one we just compiled with debugging symbols. You > > should give the full path, e.g. "gdb > > /tmp/abiword-2.7.4-inst/bin/abiword" if you followed my original > > instructions. > > I called gdb from the /tmp/... directory. so I assume gbd looked at > the pwd first instead of guessing from the PATH environment variable. Correct. Just wanted to be sure. > > > > > Find gdb.txt attached > > > > > > > > Also, you don't need to attach both gdb.txt and the terminal output, > > > > gdb.txt should suffice. > > I sent you the terminal output because it contained the backtrace you > explicitly asked for. No. I asked for a gdb backtrace from an executable compiled with debugging symbols, which has all sorts of additional information, like exactly where the execution stopped (not as memory address, but traced back to the source code). The backtrace generated by glibc on double-free is not nearly as useful. > And for me as a sort of retired programmer I still can read a > backtrace and figure out where the problem in question might come > from. Go ahead, then, come up with a patch! > And furthermore: since I've been helping you for four or five days > doing your work now I guess it's really your turn. Well, *if* you really are a "retired programmer", then it's a shame for you that you haven't been able to provide me with a proper backtrace for five days now. > It's definitely not my task as a user to do your job. We're just > tearing on the same side of the rope, and it has been a pleasure so > far helping you, but I guess I've torn the rope enough now. Do my job? It's not that I get paid for this. And even if it was my job: Sorry, I can't just go over to your place, look at the problem, and then start debugging. As I cannot reproduce the bug here, I have to rely on you to provide me enough information. Apparently, you're not willing to cooperate, which is your good right of course. But never complain again about not being able to print from abiword. Patrik
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