From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.120]:36370 "EHLO cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751488AbaCUPDC (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:03:02 -0400 Message-ID: <532C54A3.3030903@ubuntu.com> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:02:59 -0400 From: Phillip Susi MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Karel Zak , Janani Venkataraman CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/33] [RFC] Non disruptive application core dump infrastructure References: <20140320093040.14878.903.stgit@localhost.localdomain> <20140321080855.GE26374@x2.net.home> In-Reply-To: <20140321080855.GE26374@x2.net.home> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 3/21/2014 4:17 AM, Karel Zak wrote: > The gencore command looks like a good idea, but why we need the > client-server infrastructure? At least at first glance it seems > like overkill. Yes, the server seems pointless. >> We would like to push this to one of the following packages: a) >> util-linux b) coreutils c) procps-ng > > d) somewhere near to gdb :-) gdb already has such a thing; it's called gcore. Kind of makes this work seem redundant? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTLFSjAAoJEI5FoCIzSKrwuTIH/jGtc3dB1WKgtDSE2wtXXHO0 0WxhWDbVkpJ0Q+tkG/tjw4wudYtEJ+XAHsCIK3vH7OMX7i4PMOLDgjT/FyxTPrWl W+eUCazi4vRPNGscii5mRFlsthgEd2pofotlx5UB7Br9D05/QZqErtEMJMqD935V 94wlvJSvJI0n3hfAUgcM8apxTgxYr/TIPEQPfqLem3xTZIw3lTRic613Qji2Kwif l+kqs0WLy/AHEwBLRrXDQahnv5n2IhOVUn3KDwm9Su56rbrmAF7LAvK0+uxRyoQk IVC5h8BdBQ4QMYl7KYYEPy+n+0Qbe1EQ4tLmYvaEBwXP5c0QDGX0M5VUkko+eGI= =zFoW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----