Comment 11 for bug 282146

OK,

thanks Scott. Anyway, the gdb thing does not work either. Maybe the stacktrace would. I will try it out for myself, just to check everything is up to date for when it could be useful. If you need anything else, please let me know.

Thanks,

Thomas

thomas@thomas-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure -p low gdb
thomas@thomas-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdb
thomas@thomas-laptop:~$ gdb <program> 2>&1 | tee gdb-<program>.txt
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `2'
thomas@thomas-laptop:~$ gdb dpkg-reconfigure 2>&1 | tee gdb-dpkg-reconfigure.txt
GNU gdb 6.8-debian
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"...
"/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure": not in executable format: File format not recognized
(gdb)
[1]+ Stopped gdb dpkg-reconfigure 2>&1 | tee gdb-dpkg-reconfigure.txt
thomas@thomas-laptop:~$ sudo gdb dpkg-reconfigure 2>&1 | tee gdb-dpkg-reconfigure.txt
GNU gdb 6.8-debian
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"...
"/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure": not in executable format: File format not recognized
(gdb) handle SIG33 pass nostop noprint
Signal Stop Print Pass to program Description
SIG33 No No Yes Real-time event 33
(gdb) set pagination 0
(gdb) run -aup low
Starting program: -aup low
No executable file specified.
Use the "file" or "exec-file" command.
(gdb) file
No executable file now.
No symbol file now.
(gdb) file dpkg
Reading symbols from /usr/bin/dpkg...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/dpkg...done.
done.
(gdb) file dpkg-reconfigure
"/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure": not in executable format: File format not recognized
(gdb)
[2]+ Stopped sudo gdb dpkg-reconfigure 2>&1 | tee gdb-dpkg-reconfigure.txt
thomas@thomas-laptop:~$ man dpkg-reconfigure

[3]+ Stopped man dpkg-reconfigure
thomas@thomas-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get source dpkg-reconfigure
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to find a source package for dpkg-reconfigure
thomas@thomas-laptop:~$