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Re: Debugging snapshot of setup.exe


Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> On 16 Apr 2003, Robert Collins wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 2003-04-16 at 18:59, Max Bowsher wrote:
>>> Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>>>> Would it be a good idea to have a debugging snapshot of setup.exe
>>>> available somewhere, just so people who report problems can be directed
to
>>>> try it out, and if the problem is reproducible with it, use gdb and
>>>> provide stack backtraces?  We probably won't need a HEAD snapshot, just
>>>> the release one.  What do people think?
>>>
>>> It would only be useful when troubleshooting a crash, wouldn't it?
>>> If so, we can just put up debugging snapshots when a tricky crash
surfaces,
>>> rather than all the time.
>>
>> ACK.
>> Rob
>
> Ok, then, can we provide one now?  Someone reported a hang (see
> <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-04/msg01446.html>), it'd be interesting
> to see what the backtrace looks like.

And someone reported setup dereferencing a null pointer, as well.

But, how do you get a backtrace from a hang (rather than a crash)?


Anyway, uploading.


Max.


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