[systemd-devel] coredumpctl dump, not a core dump: File format not recognized

[Chris Murphy]

systemd-229-13.fc24.x86_64

What does it mean, file format not recognized? How is it not a core
dump file? Bug?


[chris at f24m ~]$ sudo coredumpctl gdb 1992
[sudo] password for chris:
           PID: 1992 (gnome-terminal-)
           UID: 1000 (chris)
           GID: 1000 (chris)
        Signal: 6 (ABRT)
     Timestamp: Sun 2016-09-11 21:59:35 MDT (13min ago)
  Command Line: /usr/libexec/gnome-terminal-server
    Executable: /usr/libexec/gnome-terminal-server
 Control Group:
/user.slice/user-1000.slice/user at 1000.service/gnome-terminal-server.service
          Unit: user at 1000.service
     User Unit: user at 1000.service
         Slice: user-1000.slice
     Owner UID: 1000 (chris)
       Boot ID: ce148b0a6cad4f33aea5e319956a78fe
    Machine ID: -
      Hostname: f24m
      Coredump:
/var/lib/systemd/coredump/core.gnome-terminal-.1000.ce148b0a6cad4f33aea5e319956a78fe.1992.1473652775000000000000
       Message: Process 1992 (gnome-terminal-) of user 1000 dumped core.

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Reading symbols from /usr/libexec/gnome-terminal-server...Reading
symbols from /usr/lib/debug/usr/libexec/gnome-terminal-server.debug...done.
done.
"/var/lib/systemd/coredump/core.gnome-terminal-.1000.ce148b0a6cad4f33aea5e319956a78fe.1992.1473652775000000000000"
is not a core dump: File format not recognized
(gdb) quit


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Chris Murphy