Re: [gtk-list] Re: Dumping core on SIGSEGV

["Jason A. Pfeil" <pfeil nu cs fsu edu>]

Ah.:)  Sorry.  I misread the question.  I think you can override that by
resetting the SEGV signal handler like this:

signal(SIGSEGV, SIG_DFL);

after the gtk_init is called.

--Jason

On Fri, 16 Oct 1998 beach@ataman.com wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 01:52:22PM -0400, Jason A. Pfeil wrote:
> > Ummm...if gtk DOESN'T catch SIGSEGV, then the core IS dumped.  What seems
> > to be the problem here?  Signals are up to the application to catch
> > anyway.
> > 
> > --Jason
> > 
> > On Fri, 16 Oct 1998 beach@ataman.com wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > Why doesn't Gtk catch SIGSEGV instead of allowing a core dump?  This
> > > is making it difficult to use in development at times (e.g. no
> > > coredump files to work with means nothing to give to the debugger.)
> 
> Please excuse my horribly phrased question.  What I meant to say was:
> 
> Why *does* Gtk catch SIGSEGV.  I'd like it to coredump so that I can
> use the debugger.  What should I do?
> 
> Dave
> 
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