[Rd] enabling core dumps

[pleydell at supagro.inra.fr]

I forgot to add that I am compiling with

R CMD SHLIB buggyCode.c --ggdb

thanks
David




Quoting pleydell at supagro.inra.fr:

> "Writing R Extensions" says
>
> {quotes}
> If you have a crash which gives a core dump you can use something like
>
>     gdb /path/to/R/bin/exec/R core.12345
>
> to examine the core dump. If core dumps are disabled...
> {unquotes}
>
> sadly it doesn't go on to say how to enable if core dumps are disabled.
>
> I understand that in bash I need to do
>
> $ ulimit -c unlimited
>
> but this doesn't seem to be enough, I still don't find a core file despite
>
>  *** caught segfault ***
>     address 0x20000028, cause 'memory not mapped'
>
>    Possible actions:
>     1: abort (with core dump)
>     2: normal R exit
>     3: exit R without saving workspace
>     4: exit R saving workspace
>     Selection: 1
>
>
> I am running Ubuntu jaunty on a laptop. Any ideas as to what I might need to
> configure next?
>
> thanks
> David
>
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UMR BGPI
CIRAD
TA A-54/K
Campus International de Baillarguet
34398 MONTPELLIER CEDEX 5
FRANCE
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Fax : +33 4 99 62 48 22
http://umr-bgpi.cirad.fr/trombinoscope/pleydell_d.htm
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