gdb crashes while trying to debug a core.....

[Willem Jan Withagen]

> I have one more question on new gdb. I can't open kernel crashdump with
> it. It says that '-k' option is unknown. If I try without options
> it says that type of vmcore.0 file is unknown.
> 
> I have to use gdb5 for kernel post mortem analysis. :(
> 
> May be I'm just doing something wrong, but manpage is not updated,
> it still remembers the '-k' flag.

That's one I can answer:
    install gdb6 from the ports.
It gets named gdb6, and knows how to debug kernels....

--WjW