conftest, uid 0: exited on signal 11 - Normal?

[Matthew Seaman]

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David N wrote:

> pid 96087 (conftest), uid 0: exited on signal 11 (core dumped)


> Are the conftest core dumps anything to worry about?

Actually, these are deliberate.  GNU autoconf will engineer a SEGV
in a piece of test code in order to test various features of the way
the OS handles that sort of event.

Completely harmless and nothing to worry about at all.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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