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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 17:26:18 -0400
To: Mumit Khan <khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT EDU>
Cc: cygwin-developers <cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>,
        Mikey <jeffdb AT goodnet DOT com>
Subject: Re: new core files
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In-Reply-To: <199905102121.QAA02070@modi.xraylith.wisc.edu>; from Mumit Khan on Mon, May 10, 1999 at 04:21:56PM -0500

On Mon, May 10, 1999 at 04:21:56PM -0500, Mumit Khan wrote:
>Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com> writes:
>> On Mon, May 10, 1999 at 07:48:00PM +0000, Mikey wrote:
>> >The reason that win32 doesn't support core dumps
>> >is that it supports JIT debugging.
>> 
>> Didn't Egor's previous patch pretty much accomplish this?
>> 
>> Core files definitely have a use that is not encompassed by JIT debugging.
>
>I believe JIT technology is capable of supporting these "post-mortem dumps",
>but it's a lot of work to get it right.

It would be nice for cygwin to handle these post-mortem dumps but I'll
take whatever I can get...

>I like core files. No wait, I hate core files ;-)

I like core files when I'm debugging a problem.  I hate core files
cluttering up my disk...

cgf