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diff --git a/release/INSTALL-binary b/release/INSTALL-binary index 8a81e3ce..3cb1b8f4 100644 --- a/release/INSTALL-binary +++ b/release/INSTALL-binary @@ -292,3 +292,22 @@ option to settrans thus: `settrans -a /mnt /hurd/ufs /dev/rsd0a'. (Note the placement of this option, as an arg to settrans, is different from the -r options you might give to the filesystem.) `showtrans' does not display these temporary mounts. + + +CRASH SERVER: + +When programs get fatal signals in the Hurd, they call the "crash +server". Right now, the crash server suspends the program, and the +rest of its process group. + +At that point, if you resume the program, it will exit. But you can +also attach a debugger to it, and all it's current dynamic state will +still be there. + +If you would rather have crashing programs just exit, and not suspend, +then disable the crash server by saying `settrans /servers/crash'. +You can always reenable it later, if you like, by typing the command +`settrans /servers/crash /hurd/crash'. + +Core dumps are not yet supported. + |