> > I'm trying to track down my apache2 segfaults and the mod_perl guys
> > are telling me I need to get my system to dump a core file for
> > analysis.  How can I do that?  Should I re-emerge apache2 and apr with
> > +debug?
> 
> Unfortunately just having USE=debug isn't all that you need.  I use a bash
> alias like so:
> 
> alias debug="USE=debug FEATURES=nostrip CFLAGS=-ggdb3 CXXFLAGS=-ggdb3"
> 
> then you can just run 'debug emerge blah'.
> 
> You'll probably want to rebuilt apache2,apr,apr-util,mod_perl and possibly 
> more
> depending on what exactly you're looking for.
> 
> Finally, to get it to dump core, you'll probably have to add 'ulimit -c
> unlimited' to your apache2 init script.

Hi Aaron,

I did all of this but a couple of segfaults don't seem to have
generated any "core" files.  Do you know where they should be located
and what they should be called?  Is there anything else I need to do
to get those files to dump?

- Grant

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