cvs commit: src/sys/compat/pecoff imgact_pecoff.c src/sys/i386/linux linux_sysvec.c src/sys/kern imgact_aout.c

[Peter Wemm]

On Friday 19 November 2004 06:32 pm, David Schultz wrote:
>   Modified files:
>     sys/compat/pecoff    imgact_pecoff.c
>     sys/i386/linux       linux_sysvec.c
>     sys/kern             imgact_aout.c
>   Log:
>   Maintain the broken state of backwards compatibilty for a.out (and
>   PECOFF!) core dumps.  None of the old versions of gdb I tried were
>   able to read a.out core dumps before or after this change.

I think we should remove the broken core support entirely from these 
files.  PECOFF core dump support was a case of cut/pasting the easiest 
one to duplicate.  I don't recall gdb ever having a.out coredump 
support attached to pecoff executables.  It was just a checklist item.
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