had XEmacs-21.0-b38-pre2 dump core several times when I was accessing the "Recent Files->Non-permanent entries" menu. If I tried to use gdb on the core, I would get an error message stating that the core was not in executable format.

> > had XEmacs-21.0-b38-pre2 dump core several times when I was > > accessing the "Recent Files->Non-permanent entries" menu. If I > > tried to use gdb on the core, I would get an error message > > stating that the core was not in executable format. > > How are you invoking gdb? The `not in executable format' message > usually arises from doing `gdb core' rather than `gdb /path/to/xemacs core' The core files for some reason are being dropped in my root directory, so (while in that directory) I've been trying 'gdb core'. It sounds like the core files should be being left in the XEmacs executable's directory. Does gdb need to have access to the executable which generated the core as well as the core-file itself?