Debugging in Linux using core dumps

Question

What are the \'best practices\' when it comes to debugging core dumps using GDB?

Currently, I am facing a problem:

• The release version of my application is

Answer 1

No, you don't miss anything. debug and release are just different binaries, so the core files of release don't match the debug binary. You have to look at machine code to get something from the release core dump.

You probably have to ask your user how the crash happened and collect additional log information or whatever you app produces.