I also tried my special gdb backport and that works well too.
ubuntu@juju-stg-ue-error-tracker-machine-10:/tmp$ apt-cache policy gdb
gdb:
Installed: 7.10-1ubuntu3~14.04.1
Candidate: 7.10-1ubuntu3~14.04.1
Version table:
*** 7.10-1ubuntu3~14.04.1 0
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/daisy-pluckers/daisy-seeds/ubuntu/
trusty/main amd64 Packages
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1585702
Title:
not possible to retrace ppc64el crashes
Status in Apport:
New
Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
I was trying to retrace a ppc64el crash I found and ran into the
following issue:
Calling gdb command: gdb-multiarch --ex 'set architecture powerpc:common'
--ex 'set gnutarget elf32-powerpc' --ex 'set debug-file-directory
/tmp/apport_sandbox_Y6fXCx/usr/lib/debug' --ex 'set solib-absolute-prefix
/tmp/apport_sandbox_Y6fXCx' --ex 'file
"/tmp/apport_sandbox_Y6fXCx//usr/bin/xfce4-panel"' --ex 'core-file
/tmp/apport_core_N0Vrmm'
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The target architecture is assumed to be powerpc:common
Architecture of file not recognized.
[New LWP 44625]
warning: Selected architecture powerpc:common is not compatible with reported
target architecture powerpc:common64
/build/buildd/gdb-7.7.1/gdb/gdbarch.c:3217: internal-error:
gdbarch_elf_make_msymbol_special: Assertion `gdbarch != NULL' failed.
A problem internal to GDB has been detected,
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