gdb error and coredump

[Ted Unangst]

heorot:~> gdb ssh
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(gdb) break 537
Breakpoint 1 at 0x3608: file /usr/src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh/../ssh.c, line 537.
(gdb) run cardinal0.stanford.edu
Starting program: /home/tedu/ssh cardinal0.stanford.edu

Program received signal SIGTRAP, Trace/breakpoint trap.
0xdfbfd4f4 in ?? ()`: No such file or directory.
(gdb) run cardinal0.stanford.edu
The program being debugged has been started already.
Start it from the beginning? (y or n) y
Starting program: /home/tedu/ssh cardinal0.stanford.edu
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

the program runs just fine without the breakpoint.  the program i was
running was openssh-2.5.2, compiled with -O0 and -g.  there's nothing even
remotely fancy going on in the code at that point.  i can reproduce this
everytime.

ted unangst

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