gdb crashed with SIGABRT in internal_verror() while analyzing foreign core file in batch mode

[Moritz Naumann]

I was trying to analyze, in a batch process, a core file which stems from a forign system (this could not really work since it's a Redhat system with different libs, but I did not think of it and tried anyways).

Here's what I did and the output I got before gdb segfaulted. I have the core.1784 file here and can provide it if needed.

$ gdb -q -n -ex bt -batch megaglest core.1784
[New LWP 1795]
[New LWP 1784]

warning: Can't read pathname for load map: Eingabe-/Ausgabefehler.

warning: .dynamic section for "/usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0" is not at the expected address (wrong library or version mismatch?)

warning: .dynamic section for "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0" is not at the expected address (wrong library or version mismatch?)

warning: .dynamic section for "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libICE.so.6" is not at the expected address (wrong library or version mismatch?)

warning: .dynamic section for "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6" is not at the expected address (wrong library or version mismatch?)

warning: .dynamic section for "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6" is not at the expected address (wrong library or version mismatch?)

warning: .dynamic section for "/usr/lib/libopenal.so.1" is not at the expected address (wrong library or version mismatch?)

warning: .dynamic section for "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1" is not at the expected address (wrong library or version mismatch?)

warning: .dynamic section for "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfontconfig.so.1" is not at the expected address (wrong library or version mismatch?)

warning: .dynamic section for "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6" is not at the expected address (wrong library or version mismatch?)

warning: .dynamic section for "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6" is not at the expected address (wrong library or version mismatch?)

warning: .dynamic section for "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6" is not at the expected address (wrong library or version mismatch?)

warning: .dynamic section for "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2" is not at the expected address (wrong library or version mismatch?)

warning: .dynamic section for "/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2" is not at the expected address (wrong library or version mismatch?)

warning: .dynamic section for "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdamage.so.1" is not at the expected address (wrong library or version mismatch?)

warning: .dynamic section for "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libresolv.so.2" is not at the expected address (wrong library or version mismatch?)

warning: .dynamic section for "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgssapi_krb5.so.2" is not at the expected address (wrong library or version mismatch?)

warning: .dynamic section for "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcrypt.so.11" is not at the expected address (wrong library or version mismatch?)

warning: .dynamic section for "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkrb5.so.3" is not at the expected address (wrong library or version mismatch?)

warning: .dynamic section for "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libk5crypto.so.3" is not at the expected address (wrong library or version mismatch?)

warning: .dynamic section for "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgpg-error.so.0" is not at the expected address (wrong library or version mismatch?)

warning: .dynamic section for "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_dns.so.2" is not at the expected address (wrong library or version mismatch?)

warning: Could not load shared library symbols for 13 libraries, e.g. /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1.
Use the "info sharedlibrary" command to see the complete listing.
Do you need "set solib-search-path" or "set sysroot"?
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
/build/buildd/gdb-7.3/gdb/linux-thread-db.c:1062: internal-error: attach_thread: Assertion `ti_p->ti_tid != 0' failed.
A problem internal to GDB has been detected,
further debugging may prove unreliable.
Quit this debugging session? (y or n) [answered Y; input not from terminal]
/build/buildd/gdb-7.3/gdb/linux-thread-db.c:1062: internal-error: attach_thread: Assertion `ti_p->ti_tid != 0' failed.
A problem internal to GDB has been detected,
further debugging may prove unreliable.
Create a core file of GDB? (y or n) [answered Y; input not from terminal]
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ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gdb 7.3-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-16.28-generic 3.0.17
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Feb 13 03:09:11 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gdb
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcCmdline: gdb -q -n -ex bt -batch megaglest core.1784
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: gdb
StacktraceTop:
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
 internal_verror ()
 internal_error ()
 ?? ()
Title: gdb crashed with SIGABRT in internal_verror()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-21 (114 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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