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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    Bug#17904: KDE crash handler requires gdb to create 'backtraces'
From:       Kuba Ober <winnie () hoth ! amu ! edu ! pl>
Date:       2001-01-02 15:02:16
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> I had problems that the 'backtrace' tab
> from the crash handler never seemed to do anything.
> Then I gambled that maybe it might need 'gdb', so
> I installed that and then the option worked.
>
> Seems like a good idea to add 'gdb' to the list
> of KDE dependencies. Will enable many more people
> to submit crash reports.

Which will be useless anyway since people without gdb usually don't use kde 
versions with debug-symbols not stripped (am I right here assuming that most 
distros ship with stripped debug symbold?). A backtrace without debug symbols 
is hardly ever useful (or at least it requires some unnecessary 
headscratching to sort things out)

Cheers,
Kuba

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