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Date: Wed,  4 Jul 2001 17:23:58 +0100
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From: David Starks-Browning <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: problem with 20010701 snapshot
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On Wednesday 4 Jul 01, Christopher Faylor writes:
> In general, stack dumps are meaningless unless you have a debugging version
> of the DLL with which you can match addresses and symbols.
>
> The best way to track this down is to build your own version of the DLL and
> then use either gdb or addr2line to figure out where the DLL is dying.

OK, when I return in a couple of weeks.  I've always wanted to build
my own DLL anyway.

Wouldn't it be sensible to distribute debugging versions of the DLL
with the snapshots?

Thanks,
David