Subject: Bug#3515: gdb prints corrupted message

From: Ian Jackson <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 96 01:26 BST

Package: gdb
Version: 4.15.1-1

-chiark:cdda> gdb core
GDB is free software and you are welcome to distribute copies of it
 under certain conditions; type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB; type "show warranty" for details.
GDB 4.15.1 (i486-linux), Copyright 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc...

" @-home/things/cdda/core": not in executable format: File format not recognized

(gdb) quit
-chiark:cdda> cp core core-from-crash
-chiark:cdda> gdb core-from-crash
GDB is free software and you are welcome to distribute copies of it
 under certain conditions; type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB; type "show warranty" for details.
GDB 4.15.1 (i486-linux), Copyright 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc...

"": not in executable format: File format not recognized

(gdb) quit
-chiark:cdda>

I can supply the file if this is helpful.

Ian.