From kde-devel  Fri Apr 28 15:48:20 2006
From: Ivor Hewitt <ivor () ivor ! org>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:48:20 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: Computing software bts automatically
Message-Id: <44523944.1010601 () ivor ! org>
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Paulo J. Matos wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm quite curious on how KDE currently computes the backtraces of
> software when it crashes. Can someone explain me or point me to some
> references on this issue?
>

It invokes gdb. Although I recently spent some time writing code to walk 
the stack and collect symbol information, so I'd be happy to answer any 
questions.

Cheers,

-- 
Ivor
http://www.ivor.it
 
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