Re: core dump problem with a multi-threaded program

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> multi-threaded program is not possible under RedHat Linux 7.1 (kernel
> version 2.4.2-2), because loading the core into gdb 5.0 does not show
> the correct crash location.

2.4.2 doesn't support multithreaded core dumps.
The RH errata kernel will generate a dump for each thread as/if/when that thread
crashes

You can then inspect the relevant core.pid file, I've no idea how well the
gdb thread stuff works with it.

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