well, pdump is broken...the patch to fix it...
Index: pdump.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/public/parrot/pdump.c,v retrieving revision 1.10 diff -u -r1.10 pdump.c --- pdump.c 18 Feb 2002 08:26:03 -0000 1.10 +++ pdump.c 20 Feb 2002 21:52:49 -0000 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ opcode_t * packed; size_t packed_size; struct PackFile * pf; - struct Parrot_Interp *interpreter = make_interpreter(0); + struct Parrot_Interp *interpreter; if (argc != 2) { fprintf(stderr, "pdump: usage: pdump FILE\n"); @@ -37,8 +37,11 @@ } init_world(); - interpreter = make_interpreter(0); + + if(!interpreter) { + return 1; + } packed_size = file_stat.st_size;