[Freeciv-Dev] Re: concerning the use of assert

["Per I. Mathisen" <per@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Raimar Falke wrote:
> > I don't understand what you are thinking of here.
>
> change "civ" so that it looks like:
> if file core:
>   rename to core.old
> start client
> if file core:
>   echo "bt" | gdb path/to/civclient core >backtrace
>   echo "There was a core dump bla bla bla"
>   cat backtrace | mail to freeciv-dev

> The right tool for the right job. And you don't have access to the
> back trace from C.

Well, if we could create a core file from C without exiting the program,
then, of course, our problems would be solved. AFAIK there is no way to do
that.

Yours
Per

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